Aug 28, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Committee

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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND AT 6:00.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TAKE THE PRESSURE HERE OR NOT, BUT WE'LL TRY TO COPE.

ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE, LET'S JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THREE NEW MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE HERE.

JOE BRANDO, JOE, AND FROM MARGATE.

THERE'S DESIREE AVILA, WHO IS ONLINE REPRESENTING LAMAR FISHER AND THEN MAX GOLDSTEIN OVER HERE REPRESENTING HAZEL RODGERS, HER GROUP. SO WELCOME ABOARD, ONE AND ALL AGAIN.

OKAY. WE HAVE A CALL TO ORDER AND RECOGNIZE THE QUORUM.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

WE CAN DO THAT HERE. BY CLICKING PRESENT AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE ONLINE, CAN WE HAVE AN ONLINE FACILITY FOR THAT? RIGHT. CHAIR RINEHART, REBECCA SCHULTZ WWMPO BROWARD MPO.

I WILL BE RECORDING THEM AFTER FOR PRESENT.

YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GOT THESE.

OKAY. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - June 26, 2024]

WE HAVE SECONDS. OKAY, WE'VE GOT THAT.

ALL IN FAVOR, MR. CHAIR.

YOU HAVE A SPEAKER IN THE QUEUE. SO I DO.

PHIL, YOU SNUCK IN HERE? YES. GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION BECAUSE I FEEL, WE NEEDED SOME DISCUSSION INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES AS FAR AS THAT FIRST THE APPROVAL I KNOW WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

I DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME.

AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME REFLECTION OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WENT BEHIND IT.

CAN I. IS THAT AN ISSUE WITH THE AGENDA ITSELF OR THE CONTENT OF SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING? MY MISTAKE. IT'S THE MINUTES THAT I.

THANKS FOR CATCHING THAT.

APPROVE THE AGENDAS AS WE ARE ON THE MINUTES.

OKAY. WE'RE ARE IN THE MINUTES.

OH OKAY. YEAH. I I I I, WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION.

ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS THE TIP AND IT HAD TO DO WITH COMMUNITIES OF EQUITY.

AND WE FELT, I THINK MYSELF AND A MEMBER AND AT LEAST 1 OR 2 OTHER FOLKS FELT THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE INCLUSION IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS ON LOW INCOME AREAS.

AND I THOUGHT STAFF WAS GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A, A RESPONSE. AND, AND I THINK THAT DISCUSSION SHOULD BE IN THE MINUTES AND IT'S NOT.

SO I'M VOTING NO. MR. CHAIR, MAY I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO COMMENT ON THAT. SURE. SO, MR. BUCY I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH THAT.

AND THESE MINUTES ARE REALLY HERE TO DOCUMENT THE VOTE.

WE ALSO HAVE A FULLY RECORDED VERSION OF THE MEETING THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, TIME STAMPED BY EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.

SO IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE THE COMMENT AND BEING ABLE TO GO BACK AND HAVE THAT FOR THE RECORD, THAT DOES EXIST.

SO THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THE MPO'S WEBSITE.

JUST IF THAT HELPS. BUT THANKS.

THANKS. I'M STILL GOING TO VOTE NO, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE I YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT MY NO VOTE TO, TO BE THERE WITHOUT THE CONDITIONAL DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD BEHIND IT.

UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. YEAH.

THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.

SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET US VOTE.

OKAY. WE HAVE THE VOTE IN AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

SIMILARLY, I MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. LET'S VOTE.

AND THE VOTE IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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[6. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://routeto2050.org]

PETER GIES THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST 18 MONTHS NOW.

WE STARTED IN ABOUT FEBRUARY OF 2023.

WE'RE NOW GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROCESS HERE.

YOU WILL NOTE LATER ON IN THIS VERY SHORT PRESENTATION HERE THAT WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE DEVELOPMENT. IF I COULD INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEW PEOPLE THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, IF YOU CLICK ON THE PRESENTATION BLOCK UP ON THE UPPER LEFT HERE. THAT WILL PUT YOU ONTO THE SLIDES.

YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH PETER AND ALL THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY, PETER.

NO, NO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ABSOLUTELY. YES, DEFINITELY. IT'S ALL TOUCH SCREEN. SO YOU JUST FIND THE LITTLE PRESENTATION BUTTON AND THAT'LL MIRROR THEN WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED ON SCREEN. SO AS I WAS SAYING, THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE'RE GETTING READY TO START PUBLISHING A DRAFT OF THAT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS OUR 25 YEAR VISION FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH NEW PRIORITIES, NEW PROJECTS, NEW POLICIES.

WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE MPO BOARD ABREAST OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE VOTES WITH RESPECT TO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN, WHICH HAPPENED IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.

OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, WHICH HAPPENED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, AND THEN OUR PRIORITIZED PROJECT LIST, WHICH HAPPENED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING THE PIECES TOGETHER, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING NOW FROM THAT POINT.

SO SPEAKING OF THE SCHEDULE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF GETTING RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE SLATED TO BE FUNDED IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THAT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, WHETHER THEY CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES THEMSELVES OR THEY CAME THROUGH OUR OWN NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THE MPO, WHERE WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE NETWORK, TRY TO IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES AND GAPS IN THE NETWORK AND PROPOSE THOSE AS PROJECTS IN THE PLAN THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE GETTING THE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS THOSE PROJECTS AND THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THOSE PROJECTS.

SO THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 6TH.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE REPRESENTING MUNICIPALITIES AND YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THEIR AGENDAS, YOU PROBABLY SAW SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA WITH RESPECT TO SUPPORTING A RESOLUTION FOR PROJECTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT IN, WE CAN START TO FINALIZE THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSIDERED COST FEASIBLE BETWEEN NOW AND THE YEAR 2050.

AND WE'LL ALSO THEN BE DRAFTING THE DOCUMENT, WHICH WILL COME BEFORE YOU FOR REVIEW IN OCTOBER.

AND THEN FOR A FINAL VOTE IN NOVEMBER AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MPO BOARD.

SO AS WE WRAP UP THE PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS AN EVENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.

SO THAT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS AWAY WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ALL OF OUR EFFORTS OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WHAT THEY'VE CULMINATED IN.

AND THAT'S OUR ROUTE TO 2050, A JOURNEY OF INNOVATION, COMMUNITY AND MOBILITY EVENT.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT THAT WILL BE AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE.

WE WOULD STILL ASK FOR YOU TO REGISTER, WHICH YOU CAN DO USING THE QR CODE HERE ON THE SCREEN. WE WILL HAVE OUR EMCEE, TOM HUDSON.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENERS, YOU'LL PROBABLY KNOW, TOM HUDSON AND HIS VOICE.

HE'S A SENIOR ECONOMICS EDITOR AND SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS FOR WLRN.

AND WE ALSO HAVE LAURA CHASE, WHO'S COMING IN FROM WASHINGTON, DC, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF IT'S AMERICA.

MOST RECENTLY, SHE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION WITH RESPECT TO HOW TECHNOLOGY IS BEING INCORPORATED INTO INTO TRANSPORTATION.

SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION ON CASE STUDIES ON HOW TECHNOLOGY IS BEING INCORPORATED INTO TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE UNITED STATES.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT EVENT, AS I SAID AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE. THE EVENT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF AT 8 A.M..

WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING OUR MPO BOARD MEETING AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE. SO THAT'LL BE VERY INTERESTING. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT WANT TO GO TO THE MPO BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE COFFEE AND NETWORKING AS WELL DURING THAT TIME, AND THEN THE AGENDA WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN.

OR THE PROGRAM, I SHOULD SAY, BEGINS AT 9 A.M.

AND RUNS UNTIL JUST AFTER 11.

SO IT'S ABOUT A TWO HOUR PROGRAM WITH, AS I MENTIONED, LAURA CHASE AND SOME OF THE OTHER WONDERFUL FOLKS HERE ON THE SCREEN, INCLUDING OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MONICA SHAPIRO.

STEVE BRAUN, WHO'S THE DISTRICT SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT FOUR AT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT VICE MAYOR BEAM FURR, ALSO OUR MPO CHAIR OF AT COLBOURNE,

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SO AGAIN, WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME OUT TO THAT EVENT SEPTEMBER 12TH, 8 TO 11 A.M. IN THE MORNING AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE.

THERE'S ALSO SOME PARKING DIRECTIONS ON HERE.

THERE'S A PARKING GARAGE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO DOWNLOAD THE PARK MOBILE APP IF YOU ARE GOING TO ATTEND AHEAD OF TIME, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF PARKING PRETTY EASILY THERE.

AND THAT'S IT. SO I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MR. CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU PETER.

ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

MICHAEL SMITH GO. YES.

GOOD EVENING PETER. JUST ONE SMALL ITEM.

RESILIENCY. SEVERAL PROJECTS ARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE TONIGHT ARE ROLL FORWARD PROJECTS.

AND I'M WONDERING IF RESILIENCY RULES WILL BE UPDATED BEFORE OR AFTER THAT OR WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF RESILIENCY REVIEW FOR THESE PROJECTS? WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK HERE.

CAN YOU STILL UNDERSTAND? YES. OKAY. LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT RESILIENCY.

SO THERE IS ACTUALLY AN ENTIRE FUNDING PROGRAM IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR RESILIENCY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME DETAILED CORRIDOR STUDIES ON OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BASED ON SEA LEVEL RISE AND OTHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS INTO THE FUTURE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE INCLUDED SOMETHING IN OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN CALLED ROUTE MARKERS, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE ROUTE MARKERS FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS IS TO INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO CONSIDER CERTAIN ISSUES AS PART OF THAT PROJECT'S IMPLEMENTATION. RESILIENCY IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECT THAT'S LOCATED ON A ROADWAY THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO FLOOD WITHIN THE 2050 TIME FRAME, THAT ROUTE MARKER WILL GET CHECKED.

AND THEN DURING THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE SOME TYPE OF MANAGEMENT OR MITIGATION EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE RESILIENCY PROBLEM ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. SO AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE A BIKE PED PROJECT, WE CAN ALSO ADDRESS RESILIENCY AT THAT TIME AS WELL.

SO THAT'S THOSE ARE REALLY THE TWO WAYS THE FUNDING PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO THE POST-IMPLEMENTATION ROUTE MARKER GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE USING FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN THE PLAN.

I GUESS IT'S DIFFICULT TO TO PIN DOWN SOMETHING THAT THERE WERE THERE ARE SO MANY PROJECTS INVOLVED, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THE ROLL FORWARD LIST WILL ESCAPE ANY KIND OF MARKER SYSTEM THAT MIGHT BE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.

SO IF THE THE THOSE ROUTE MARKERS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT GOING TO APPLY TO THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORK PROGRAM OR THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT THAT SAID WHEN THE PROJECTS GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE PD E PHASE, THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE, THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT WHEN I SAY THEY, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THOSE STATE PROJECTS WILL BE LOOKING AT RESILIENCY AS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS.

WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO FORMALIZE THAT AS PART OF THIS NEW 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE ROLL FORWARD LIST WILL NOT NECESSARILY WILL, WILL, MAY ESCAPE THAT OVERSIGHT.

CORRECT. THE FORMAL DESIGNATION OF THE ROUTE MARKER IN THE ROUTE TO 2050.

YES. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE APPLIED AFTER THE PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WELL, I JUST HAVE A MEMORY OF A MUNICIPAL PROJECT THAT WHERE THEY PUT EVERYTHING IN THE GROUND.

AS FOR TO INCREASE THE.

STORMWATER RUNOFF REDUCTION AND ALL ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS OF THE TIME.

AND THIS IS ALMOST A DECADE AGO.

AND YET THE NEXT WEATHER EVENT FLOODED EVERYTHING SEVERAL TIMES.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO HOPE THAT THESE MARKER PROGRAMS WILL.

AFFECT AFFECT AS MANY PROJECTS AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, IF YOU'VE GOT $1 BILLION HIGHWAY EXPANSION PROJECT, WOULD IT BE WISE TO HOLD OFF UNTIL YOU GET YOUR MARKER SYSTEM SET UP? THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER AVENUE OF CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. AND IF I CAN JUST QUICKLY CLARIFY THAT THE RESILIENCY WORK IS BEING DONE,

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WE ARE LOOKING AT RESILIENCY TOGETHER WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT WE'RE SIMPLY DOING AS PART OF THE 2050 PLAN IS STRENGTHENING THAT SO THAT RESILIENCY IS INCLUDED IN EVERY PROJECT.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECT, RESILIENCY IS NOT ALWAYS BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT PROJECT.

AND WHEN I SAY NOT BEING CONSIDERED, IT'S NOT AT THE FOREFRONT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TRY AND BRING IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SO THAT WE ARE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY WITH ALL PROJECTS, NOT JUST THE BIG ONES, ALSO LOOKING AT THE SMALL ONES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER.

HEY, DAVE FLETCHER, THANK YOU.

SO REGARDING THE ROUTE TO 2050 SUMMIT IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK, THEN WE WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE DO.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE IRONY OF TALKING ABOUT A SUMMIT LIKE THIS, WHICH WILL INVOLVE ISSUES OF TRANSFER OF PUBLIC TRANSIT, RIGHT? COMMUNITY TRANSIT, THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND THEN WE MENTIONED, AND BY THE WAY, THERE IS A PARKING GARAGE THAT CAN BE USED. AND I'M NOT CALLING YOU OUT.

I'M CALLING ALL OF US OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK.

NOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE REGISTRATION, THEY DO TALK ABOUT ACCESS BY PUBLIC TRANSIT.

THAT'S ALL. AND THANK YOU, MR. FLETCHER. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I'M FUNNY ENOUGH. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY. I THINK WHAT WE SIMPLY WANTED TO DO, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST CALL THAT OUT THAT THIS IS HOW YOU PAY FOR THE PARKING HERE.

AND WE DIDN'T WANT ANY SURPRISES ON THE OTHER END, BUT I DO I DO RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. ON THE WEBSITE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS ON HOW TO HOW TO GET THERE.

AND I INCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT. WE ALL HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.

SO THANK YOU. HEY. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU PETER.

OKAY, ON TO THE FIRST ACTION ITEM IN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE an Amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) - Roll Forward Report With Staff Recommendations]

DOCTOR CHAN. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING.

I'M JIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO.

IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PRIORITIZE.

ROLL FORWARD REPORT IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO THE FORWARD REPORT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NEWLY ADOPTED TIP.

TODAY I'M PRESENTING FISCAL YEAR 2025 ROLL FORWARD REPORT.

THIS ROLL FORWARD REPORT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2029.

TIP YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE BROWARD MPLS CORE PRODUCTS FOR MANY TIMES.

TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS ROLL FORWARD REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THE BROWARD MPO RECEIVES TIP DATABASE FROM FDOT IN EACH APRIL OR MARCH.

THE TIP DATABASE IS GENERATED FROM THE DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

FROM HERE IT IS SPLIT INTO THREE INTO TWO PATHS.

ONE PATH IN BLUE INDICATES BROWARD.

MPO DEVELOPED THE TIP AND BOARD APPROVES THE TIP IN JULY.

THE PATH IN RED INDICATES THE STATE OF RULES.

THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM ON JULY 1ST.

AFTER JULY 1ST, FDOT GENERATES ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR EACH MPO.

WHAT PROJECT IN THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT, PROJECTS WERE SUPPOSED TO GET AUTHORIZED AND ENCUMBERED BEFORE JUNE 30TH, BUT DID NOT BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS.

THOSE PROJECTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY ROLL FORWARD IN THE WORK PROGRAM, BUT NOT AUTOMATICALLY ROLL FORWARD IN THE TIP SO THE FORWARD MPO HAVE TO AMEND THE TIP TO INCLUDE THOSE PROJECTS AFTER THE BOARD APPROVE THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT.

PROJECTS IN ROLL FORWARD REPORT MERGED INTO THE NEWLY ADOPTED TIP.

THE TIP TAKES EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST.

SO THE NEW TIP FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2029 WILL BE COME TO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR THIS YEAR.

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THIS SLIDE SHOWS ROLL OVER FUNDS DISTRIBUTED AMONG TRANSIT, HIGHWAY AND RAIL. THE ROAD FORWARD REPORT INCLUDES 21 PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT $11 OF MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS ROLLING FORWARD.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE LIST OF PROJECTS.

BY WORKING WITH PLANNING PARTNERS.

THE BROWARD MPO STAFF IDENTIFIED ONE MODIFICATION AND ONE ADDITION.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED PROJECT CHANGE AT SFR TO REQUEST.

THE FUNDING AMOUNT IS MODIFIED AND THIS PROJECT LIST LISTED TWICE ON THE ROAD FORWARD REPORT, SO WE REMOVE THE DUPLICATION ENTRY ON PAGE 73.

THIS PROJECT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT, NOT THE CURRENT NEW TIP FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2029, BUT FUNDING FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IS NOT CARRIED OVER.

SO THIS ADDITION ADDED THIS PROJECT IN AND AT ABOUT $83 MILLION FROM PREVIOUS YEAR'S FUNDING.

AMONG THE $83 MILLION, ABOUT $43 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT THE RAIL VEHICLE REPLACEMENT GRANT FOR SF RTA.

WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU DOCTOR.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? MAX GOLDSTEIN. GO AHEAD.

HI DOCTOR CHEN JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT LAST THE SF ATA ROLLING STOCK REPLACEMENT GRANT. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE REASON WHY THAT'S BEING DELAYED IS BECAUSE THE RAIL MANUFACTURERS HERE IN THE US DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FULFILL THAT REQUEST JUST YET. BUT WHAT HAPPENS FOR THIS ROLL FORWARD REQUEST? IF THE PRICE OF THE ROLLING STOCK REPLACEMENT ENDS UP INCREASING OVER TIME WITH INFLATION OR WHATEVER HAPPENS, DO WE NEED TO THEN AMEND IT AGAIN TO REFLECT WHATEVER THAT MODIFIED PRICE WOULD BE? WE HAVE A STAFF HERE.

GOOD EVENING. BARBARA HANRAHAN FROM SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, ALSO KNOWN AS TRI-RAIL.

I'M THE MANAGER OF PLANNING AND CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND YOU MENTIONED THE RAIL VEHICLE REPLACEMENT GRANT.

CERTAINLY THERE IS ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL OF PRICE GOING UP, ESPECIALLY WITH VEHICLES AND ESTABLISHING OUR COST.

WE'VE DONE A RANGE AS AN EXAMPLE, OUR LOCOMOTIVES WOULD BE ABOUT 8 TO $10 MILLION APIECE. AND THEN CERTAINLY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICES WILL BE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROCUREMENT.

SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WE NEED, BUT CERTAINLY EITHER INCREASE THE FUNDING IF THE COSTS WERE TO GO UP FOR THE PROJECT OR POTENTIALLY RESCOPE THE PROJECT TO WORK WITHIN THE BUDGET, THE EXISTING BUDGET OF THE PROJECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. OH, MICHAEL SMITH, GO AHEAD.

MICHAEL. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST THESE TWO ITEMS PRESENTED OR THE WHOLE ROLL FORWARD REPORT TIP AMENDMENT. MR. SMITH PETER GIES HERE WITH THE BROWARD MPO WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE ROLL FORWARD REPORT.

AND THEN THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT DOCTOR CHEN CALLED OUT ARE JUST MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT.

SO IT WOULD BE THE ENTIRE REPORT ITSELF WITH THOSE TWO MODIFICATIONS.

OKAY. BEFORE WE VOTE, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A PARTICULAR ROLL FORWARD PROJECT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE THE SFRA REQUEST.

GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALTHOUGH I'M I'M GRATIFIED THAT THERE IS AN SFRTA REQUEST FOR NEW COACH, NEW EQUIPMENT. ANYWAY I CAN SEE THIS.

THIS IS FM NUMBER 4381161.

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AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT I'M UNAWARE OF OF HOW FAR THIS PROJECT HAS GOTTEN SO FAR.

I TALKED TO A VERY SHORT CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, AND HE SAYS IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HIS JOB.

SO IT WAS EVER DOING IT.

BETWEEN THE. SORRY, WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT PAGE NUMBER THAT'S ON ON THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT? IT'S JUST.

I, I. MENTIONED THE WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE, IN THE FIELD IS THAT AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE DESIGN CHANGE IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT. BETWEEN 15TH AND 16TH AVENUE ON THE NORTH SIDE, THERE ARE 40 OR 50 PARKING SPACES PERPENDICULAR TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THESE ARE AT THE FOOT OF RENTAL AND LEASE PROPERTIES OF, FOR MOSTLY A RESIDENTS GROUP THAT ARE SIMPLY RENTING AND LEASING FROM AN APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

AND IF THERE'S ANY INDICATION THAT A DESIGN MIGHT INTERFERE WITH THE PARKING OF THESE PEOPLE WITH WHERE THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR PARKING, THAT'S A REAL HARDSHIP FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING IN THIS VERY, VERY, VERY TIGHT HOUSING MARKET.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DESIGN OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THAT THAT'S A WORRY.

AND IF, IF THERE'S A DESIGN THAT WILL INTERFERE, I'M WONDERING IF THE MUNICIPALITY OR THE MPO WOULD LOSE FUNDS IF THIS WAS NOT ROLLED FORWARD BEFORE SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY REVIEW.

SO, MR. SMITH, IF I MAY COMMENT, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE 438116-1 NORTHEAST 34TH COURT.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROJECT BECAUSE OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT QUITE A BIT WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK AND THEN ALSO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SINCE THIS IS BEING DELIVERED VIA THE LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM.

THIS PROJECT HAS RUN INTO A FEW DELAYS.

AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS WORKING WITH THE CITY TO GET THROUGH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

THE DESIGN HASN'T EVEN BEGUN, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ON THIS PROJECT. SO I KNOW WE HAVE MAYA WILLIAMS, WHO IS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE LINE.

I DON'T KNOW, REBECCA, IF WE COULD UNMUTE MAYA AND SEE IF SHE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? PETER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYA, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY, GREAT.

YES. THE DESIGN HAS NOT IS NOT UNDER THE WAY WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THERE WERE DELAYS IN THE PROCUREMENT OF THE DESIGN AND THE START OF IT.

THE PROJECT HAS ROLLED FORWARD IN WHICH WE ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS WORKING WITH THE BROWARD, MPO AND THE CITY TO HAVE THE PROJECT REPROGRAM IN A FUTURE YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAM.

SO THERE SHOULD BE NO IMPACTS AT THIS TIME IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN OR THE CONSTRUCTIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCOPE LIMIT.

SO THIS IS AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AWAY.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PROJECT TO BE PROGRAMED. SO THE QUESTION IS IF THIS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ROLL FORWARD RATHER THAN WOULD IT WOULD THE MUNICIPALITY OR ANY OF THE LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES BE EXTINGUISHED? WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE FUNDS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.

SO SO I'LL CHIME IN ON THIS ONE.

IF THIS PROJECT WERE NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT, THE FUNDING WOULD NOT ROLL FORWARD AND THEREFORE COULD NOT BE REPROGRAMED, SO THE FUNDING WOULD BE LOST ON THE PROJECT.

WELL, THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

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AND WE HAVE VOTED. OKAY.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT ACTION ITEM IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT 2020 FEDERAL

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the DRAFT 2020 Federal Functional Classification]

AND KENT WALLY IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THAT.

KENT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS KENT WALLY.

I'M A PLANNING SUPERVISOR WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I'M I'M JOINED TODAY WITH CALTRAN, OUR CONSULTANTS, TINA AND GENELIA WILL BE HERE ALSO HELPING ME PRESENT THIS PRESENTATION.

AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE VICTORIA PETERS, THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER WITH FDOT. SO WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION? FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION IS A DESIGNATION FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION THAT DESIGNATES THE FUNCTION OF ROADWAYS.

SO YOU'LL HEAR TERMS CALLED MAJOR ARTERIAL, MINOR ARTERIAL, MAJOR COLLECTOR MINOR COLLECTOR LOCAL ROADS.

THESE ARE ALL DESIGNATIONS FROM FHWA.

LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES USE THOSE DESIGNATIONS IN VARYING WAYS.

AND ALSO FDOT AS WELL.

THESE DESIGNATIONS WHEN YOU ARE ABOVE A RURAL OR A LOCAL ROAD, I MEAN A RURAL MINOR COLLECTOR, IF YOU'RE ABOVE THOSE DESIGNATIONS, THOSE CORRIDORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS AS WELL AS EMERGENCY DISASTER FUNDS.

YOU KNOW THAT COME FROM FEMA AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE DESIGNATIONS OF THESE CORRIDORS TO.

SO JUST TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS TO HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY.

WELL, EVERY TEN YEARS, THESE MAPS AND THESE FEDERAL FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS ARE UPDATED.

SO IT'S ABOUT THAT TEN YEAR MARKER THAT WE UPDATE THEM AS WELL.

WE UPDATE THAT WITH FHWA.

WE ALSO DID NUMEROUS OUTREACH WITH MUNICIPALITIES ALL THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY.

WE ALSO HAD A WORKSHOP AS WELL AND HAD A LOT OF QUALITY CONTROL COMMENTS AND REVIEWS BACK AND FORTH. AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS AND INCORPORATED THOSE COMMENTS AS WELL.

THE PLANS ARE CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED.

THE DRAFT MAPS ARE BEING REVIEWED WITH CENTRAL OFFICE, AND WE'LL GET COMMENTS BACK FROM THAT AND INCORPORATE IT AS WELL.

AND THEN JANELIA WILL BE PRESENTING THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. CAC MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JANELLE. I'M FROM CULTURE AND GROUP AND I'M TOGETHER TODAY WITH TINA MCKINNEY. AND WE HAVE BEEN ASSISTING THE DOT IN THIS PROCESS.

WE STARTED WITH THE URBAN BOUNDARY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'RE HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY YOUR BOARD BY THE CAC AND ALSO BY THE TAC MEMBERS.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION PROCESS, WHICH IS THE LAST OF THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS DONE, AS KEN MENTIONED, EVERY TEN YEARS.

IT STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

SO WE'RE KIND OF AT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PROCESS.

SO I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES AMONG THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS. I'M ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS WE FOLLOW FOR THIS ANALYSIS. THE STATE THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK THROUGHOUT THIS ANALYSIS FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION PART OF THE PROCESS.

I'M ALSO GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE TIMELINE THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY FHWA CENTRAL OFFICE AND ALSO THE CONCLUDED AND PENDING ACTIVITIES.

I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THEM. I KNOW KENT ALREADY TOUCH ON SOME, BUT I'M GOING TO GO INTO MORE DEEP WITH THOSE.

SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE ON THIS SLIDE IS PRETTY MUCH DESCRIBES HOW IT WORKS, ALL THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS.

SO PRETTY MUCH WHEN YOU HAVE ARTERIALS OR PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE MOBILITY.

WHEREAS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LOCAL ROADS IT'S MORE ACCESS.

SO THOSE ARE YOUR RESIDENTIAL ROADS, THE ONES THAT CONNECT TO THE DRIVEWAYS TO HOUSES. AND THEN SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN IS PRETTY MUCH YOUR MINOR ARTERIALS AND YOUR COLLECTORS. SO THEY'RE MOVING ALONG.

WHEN YOU SEE LIKE PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE ACCESS POINTS, A HIGHER SPEED LIMIT, YOUR ADT IS HIGHER, YOUR LANES ARE MORE LANES. YOU'RE LOOKING AT WIDER ROADS.

YOUR LENGTH IS LONGEST.

IT'S VERY LONG. IT'S THE LONGEST OF ALL THE CLASSIFICATIONS.

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LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S LET'S SAY A RESIDENTIAL ROAD.

YOU HAVE ALL THOSE ACCESS POINTS THAT CONNECT YOU TO YOUR DRIVEWAYS OF THE RESIDENCES OF THE OF THE DWELLINGS. THEN YOU HAVE THE LOWEST SPEED LIMIT.

YOU HAVE YOUR ADT IS VERY LOW, YOUR LANES ARE FEW AND YOUR LENGTH IS A SHORTER LENGTH. SO IT'S, IT'S LESS MOBILITY WITH THOSE AND MORE CONNECTIONS. THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THIS, WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK ALL THOSE ROADS AND WE ANALYZED THOSE ROADS.

SO THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE DID IS THE URBAN BOUNDARY.

WE DELINEATED THIS URBAN BOUNDARY, AND WE LOOK AT THOSE ROADWAYS THAT FELL INSIDE THE URBAN BOUNDARY.

AND IF THEY WERE OUTSIDE, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS THE RURAL BOUNDARY.

SO PRETTY MUCH IN YOUR COUNTY EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH URBANIZED.

SO HERE YOU WOULD SEE THE DIFFERENCES.

THE BLUE AREA IS WHAT YOU HAD IN 2014.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE URBAN BOUNDARY EXPANDED IN 2022.

IT WAS ACTUALLY SMOOTHED OUT.

AND THIS IS WHAT WAS APPROVED BY YOUR COMMITTEE BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO THIS SHOULDN'T BE NEW TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE.

THIS IS JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAP AND KIND OF LIKE AN EXCERPT OF THE MAP OF SOME AREAS SO YOU COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCES.

SO THE SECOND STEP OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE NETWORK.

AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE NETWORK, WE LOOKED AT EVERY STREET AND WE SAID, HEY, THIS IS A MINOR COLLECTOR IS THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE CAN UPGRADE IT TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR OR TO AN ARTERIAL, DEPENDING ON THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT IT WAS HE WAS DOING AT THE MOMENT.

NOW AT THIS TIME. SO PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT.

FHWA GIVES YOU SOME PARAMETERS THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW.

THIS IS STILL IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT SUBJECTIVE, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU SOME CRITERIA THAT YOU SHOULD AND AND SOME PURPOSES.

SO PRETTY MUCH IF YOU HAVE A AN ARTERIAL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN THINGS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR TRAVEL AND FROM THE URBAN BOUNDARY, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT LONGER LENGTHS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORE LANES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID WHEN WE DID THIS ANALYSIS.

SO THIS WAS THE SECOND STEP.

AND THIS IS SOME EXAMPLES ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDES OF ROADS THAT NOT NECESSARILY CHANGE FUNCTIONALITY. BUT WE DID ANALYZE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WHICH WAS THE SECOND PART OF THE PROCESS. THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE THAT KIND OF DETAILS MORE ON YOUR MAJOR COLLECTORS AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MINOR AND MAJOR COLLECTORS.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MINOR AND MAJOR COLLECTORS IS A VERY THIN LINE BETWEEN THEM.

SO IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE WEATHER, WE KIND OF DECIDE WHETHER IT'S A MINOR OR MAJOR COLLECTOR. SO THEN THE THIRD STEP OF THIS PROCESS WAS PRETTY MUCH LOOKING AT THIS LOCAL ROADS AND DECIDING WHETHER THIS LOCAL ROADS SHOULD REMAIN LOCAL OR SHOULD BE UPGRADED, USUALLY TO A MINOR COLLECTOR.

THERE WERE SOME CASES THAT THERE WAS A TWO STEP UP UPGRADE, WHICH FROM LOCALS, THEY COULD BE UPGRADED TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR, EVEN TO ARTERIALS, WHICH IS VERY RARE.

BUT THERE WERE CASES OF THAT.

THEN MOVING ON TO THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE IN THAT OVAL AREA, WHICH IS THE SUBMISSION TO OUR PROPOSED FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION TO CENTRAL OFFICE FOR THIS TO BE RELAYED TO FHWA FOR THEIR DRAFT APPROVAL.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE SUBMITTED OUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS TO CENTRAL OFFICE, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR, FOR THEIR, FOR, FOR THEIR FOR THEIR COMMENTS.

HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.

SO BASICALLY THIS STEP SHOULD CONCLUDE NEXT YEAR, WHICH NEXT YEAR. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE INPUT, BUT YOUR SIGNATURE AND YOUR APPROVAL HAS TO BE DONE THIS YEAR. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY.

SO AS KEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE COMPLETED SOME ACTIVITIES.

SO THE URBAN BOUNDARY WAS APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

THEN THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WAS ANALYZED BY DOT AND CONSULTANTS.

AND THEN WE SUBMITTED ALL THIS INFORMATION TO THE CITIES BECAUSE WHO ARE THE BEST TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOUR OWN SELF, RIGHT? YOU LIVE THERE.

YOU YOU'RE PART OF THAT CITY.

SO WE HAD THIS COORDINATION WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES.

WE HAD A WORKSHOP WHICH WE HAD A LOT OF.

WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT AND WE HAD SOME COMMENTS.

THESE COMMENTS WERE ANALYZED AND ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BACK AND FORTH.

AND WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAD COMMENTS.

AND THEN WE PROVIDED, AS I MENTIONED, THIS DRAFT PROPOSED FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION TO FHWA FOR APPROVAL.

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SO THE REMAINING ACTIVITIES IS OBVIOUSLY TO GET APPROVAL FROM YOUR COMMITTEE.

ALSO WE ALREADY GOT APPROVAL FROM THE TAC COMMITTEE EARLIER TODAY, YOUR COMMITTEE AND THEN THE BOARD AND THEN OBTAIN ALL THE SIGNATURES AND THEN GET THAT FINAL APPROVAL FROM FHWA.

AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

OKAY. MAX GOLDSTEIN. YEAH.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

HOW EXACTLY DOES THIS INTERACT WITH THE FDOT CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROADWAYS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE TWO SYSTEMS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FDOT HAS SUBURBAN ARTERIALS VERSUS URBAN ARTERIALS.

AND IT'S THOSE, IT'S ACCORDING TO THE FDM, LIKE HOW THE ROADWAYS ARE ALLOWED TO BE DESIGNED. SO WE'RE UPDATING BASED ON THE FEDERAL CLASSIFICATION.

BUT DOES IT ALSO UPDATE F DOT'S CLASSIFICATION OF THESE ROADWAYS? SO. THE CLASSIFICATION IS NOT NECESSARILY LINKED TO THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROAD. IT'S PRETTY MUCH LINKED TO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AROUND IT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER YOU HAVE BICYCLE LANES, THE CONNECTIVITY OF THE ROADWAY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.

OKAY, SO IT'S TWO SEPARATE.

IT IS TWO SEPARATE THINGS.

OKAY. YES. OKAY. DAVE FLETCHER, THERE WAS ANOTHER DOCUMENT IN OUR AGENDA THAT SHOWS A MAP. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? COULD YOU SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT HOW TO READ THIS MAP? BECAUSE WAS THAT THE DRAW THAT FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION MAP? THAT IS THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MAP DETAILING THE PROPOSED CLASSIFICATIONS CAN BE FOUND AT. SO THAT IS THE INTERACTIVE GIS MAP.

YEAH, THAT HAS ALL THE ROADWAYS.

YOU CAN DO QUERIES. IT'S FOR YOU.

IT'S MOSTLY INFORMATIONAL, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT EVERY ROADWAY THAT WE ANALYZE IN THE SYSTEM, ACTUALLY EVERY ROADWAY WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

SO I'M JUST HAVING TROUBLE, I GUESS, READING IT OR UNDERSTANDING.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I LOOK, I SEE SOMETHING CALLED IT'S BLUE AND IT SAYS THE EXISTING RIGHT CLASSIFICATION 11 URBAN PRINCIPLE INTERSTATE.

AND THEN I SEE BELOW THAT A SECTION CALLED CHANGES AND IT'S BLUE AND IT SAYS URBAN PRINCIPLE INTERSTATE. SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S EXISTING OR IF IT'S A PROPOSED CHANGE OR WHAT I'M WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

YEAH, SURE. HI. I'M I'M TINA MCKINNEY.

I'M THE ONE WHO MADE THAT. SO.

OKAY, IF I MADE IT CONFUSING.

I TRIED TO HELP. I'M NOT SAYING YOU MADE IT CONFUSING. I'M SAYING I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

NO. IT'S OKAY. SO THERE'S THREE LEVELS.

ONE, THERE'S EXISTING.

THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THOSE SEGMENTS.

THEY ARE WHAT THEY WERE.

THEY STILL ARE THE SAME.

THEN THERE'S THE ONE THAT SAYS CHANGES.

SO SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THAT PIECE. IF YOU TURN THOSE THREE LAYERS OFF, THE EXISTING THE CHANGES AND THE ADDITIONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE PRETTY MUCH A PLAIN MAP.

OKAY. AND AS I TURN THOSE OFF DO YOU HAVE YOUR.

SO IF YOU CLICK ON THE WORD THAT SAYS CONTENT, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S IN THE CENTER.

OH, YOU GOT IT. PETER.

YEAH. MR. FLETCHER, IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP UNDER THE, THE NAMES THAT SAY DETAILS AND BASE MAP, YOU SHOULD SEE THREE ICONS.

YES. CLICK THE MIDDLE ICON AND THEN YOU CAN TURN THE LAYERS ON AND OFF.

OKAY. SO USUALLY WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT'S CHANGED OR WHAT'S BEEN ADDED.

BUT THEN SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, WAS BEFORE OR IN CONTEXT WITH WHAT'S THERE.

AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S THE EXISTING LAYER, WHICH IS A BUNCH OF ROWS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED. AND, AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY IT WAS CHANGED, I'VE GOT LIKE A PURPOSE CODE.

SO IT WAS, WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE FUNCTION? WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE URBAN BOUNDARY? WAS IT IN ADDITION, WAS IT A DELETION? AND THE, THE WHOLE PAGE OF ADDITIONS ARE THOSE ARE ROADS THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITIES AND COUNTY OFFICIALS, WE WENT THROUGH AND REVIEWED THE ROADS AND I ALSO DID A PRELIMINARY PASS ON ALL THE ROADS IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SO I LOOKED AT THE ONES THAT NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED BECAUSE THEY HAD THE FUNCTIONALITY OF SOMETHING HIGHER THAN A LOCAL.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT THAT STARTED.

SO WE SEEDED IT. SO THAT ONE, WE WOULD SAVE EACH OF THE MPOS AND COUNTIES TIME. NOT EVERYBODY HAS A LARGE STAFF.

AND THEN WE LET THEM GIVE US FEEDBACK AND WE TALKED OVER DIFFERENT THINGS.

OKAY. YEAH. CHANGING THE LAYERS IS IS VERY HELPFUL.

YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. HEY. WALLACE. PETERSON.

HI. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT.

SO WHEN WHEN YOU CHANGE DESIGNATIONS, WHAT? WHAT WOULD CAUSE, SAY, A ROAD THAT WAS A LOCAL ROAD THROUGH A

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IS IT SIMPLY BASED ON VOLUME OF TRAFFIC OR IF THE USAGE HASN'T CHANGED? LIKE IS IT BECAUSE THE USES HAVE CHANGED? IT'S NO LONGER RESIDENTIAL THAT'S BECOME OFFICE BUILDINGS OR.

AND THEN WERE THERE ANY DOWNGRADES OR WAS IT ALL UPGRADES TO.

SO HOW HOW DID THAT PROCESS WORK? OKAY. SO THERE WERE. I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE SECOND ONE FIRST, AND PROBABLY TINA CAN TELL YOU MORE ON THE DETAILS ON HOW THOSE THINGS FROM A RESIDENTIAL TO PERHAPS A MINOR COLLECTOR TO AN ARTERIAL.

OKAY. WERT THERE WERE SOME DEMOTIONS THAT WE CAN SAY.

YEAH, THERE WERE SOME ROADS. I'M NOT, I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT THERE WERE SOME IN BROWARD, BUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THERE WERE SOME DEMOTIONS, PERHAPS FROM MINOR COLLECTORS TO ACTUALLY LOCALS, BECAUSE THIS TIME WHEN WE ANALYZED THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, THIS ROAD PERHAPS WAS IN ACTING AS A MINOR COLLECTOR.

AND IT'S ACTING AS A, AS A, AS A, AS A LOCAL OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN ARTERIAL. AND NOW WE BELIEVE, HEY, NO, THIS SHOULD BE A COLLECTOR INSTEAD OF AN ARTERIAL.

OKAY. AND YOU DON'T LOSE ANY, ANY FEDERAL AID, BY THE WAY, WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

SURE. YEAH. NO, I KNOW YOU DON'T.

SO I JUST YEAH, THAT CAN AFFECT OTHER THINGS AS WELL, LIKE SPEED LIMIT AND STUFF. SO THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THEN THE LOCALS TOO.

YEAH. SO, SO IN BROWARD COUNTY, THE CITY OF DAVIE REQUESTED TWO ROADS TO BE LOWERED. ONE WAS A ROAD THAT I HAD PUSHED UP TO A AN URBAN MINOR COLLECTOR, AND ORANGE GROVE DRIVE, I THINK.

AND THEY SAID THAT THEY SAW IT MORE AS A LOCAL AND WOULD PREFER TO LEAVE IT AS A LOCAL. I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE, YOU KNOW, REAL HARD.

SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WAS A ROAD THAT A PORTION OF IT WAS NO LONGER ACTING AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR, AND THEY REQUESTED TO HAVE IT BROUGHT DOWN TO A LOCAL BECAUSE IT HAD DRIVEWAYS AND SUCH.

SURE. SO WERE THERE EXAMPLES, THOUGH, OF LIKE OF ROADS THAT THAT DID HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT WERE RESIDENTIAL THAT THAT GOT UPGRADED FROM LOCAL TO COLLECTOR? AND IF THAT DID HAPPEN, WHY WAS IT SIMPLY BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUME OR NOT NECESSARILY SO MUCH IN THIS COUNTY, BUT I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE EARLIER THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT A FEW ROADS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTING AS THE THE BACKUP ROAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR FAVORITE ROAD AND IT'S BACKED UP AND WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU DO? YOU KNOW, YOUR OTHER ROUTE THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY INCREASING TO THEIR THEIR FUNCTION. I HAD THAT HAPPEN IN A, ANOTHER COUNTY AND LOOKING AT WHAT THEY WERE SHOWING ME, IT MADE PERFECT SENSE TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE INTO MINOR COLLECTORS BECAUSE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, HELPING MAKE SURE THERE IS MOBILITY AND FUNCTIONAL CLASSES ABOUT MOBILITY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU.

HEY BOB SHANKWEILER. YES.

THANK YOU. I, I NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MAP OF WESTERN BONAVENTURE BOULEVARD DIDN'T HAVE A CLASSIFICATION.

AND I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE A MINOR COLLECTOR ALSO IS THAT ROAD GATED? IS IT GATED? NO, IT'S NOT GATED.

NO, IT IT, IT IT SNAKES THROUGH AROUND UP, AROUND, DOWN AND THROUGH. BUT IT, IT CONNECTS FROM 75 TO 75 UNTIL 75.

AND THEN BONAVENTURE, I THINK IS LISTED AS A MINOR ARTERIAL.

IT'S A BROWN ROAD. AND IT GOES FROM GRIFFIN ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO STATE ROAD 84 WESTBOUND. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YEAH. YOU'RE GOLDEN. IT'S GOOD.

IT'S ALREADY A MINOR COLLECTOR.

OKAY. YEAH. THAT COLOR SORT OF FADED AWAY WHEN I LOOKED AT IT.

YOU KNOW, SOME COLORS I JUST DON'T LIKE.

THAT IS NOT MY FAVORITE ONE EITHER.

THAT'S WHY I MADE IT SO YOU COULD TURN THOSE LAYERS ON AND OFF.

AND I TRIED TO MAKE THEM WHITER BECAUSE I'M AN OLDER USER MYSELF, SO, AND I'M WEARING MY SPECTACLES.

SO I TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THINGS TAKEN CARE OF FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.

THE YOUNGER, YOUNGER GENERATION, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T KNOW THE PROBLEM YET.

SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET THERE WITH US ONE DAY.

THEY'LL KNOW. SO TURN OFF THE COLORS YOU DON'T LIKE.

YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE THE MAPS OR DATA? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF TO MY HEART WORKING ON THIS PHONE CLASS.

I HATE TO TELL YOU THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS DONE THE BEST THAT WE COULD DO. I WORKED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PRIOR TO TO RETIRING, AND I DID THIS IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

SO I KNOW THE DATA THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT THROUGH IN HIGH DETAIL LOOKING AT THE ROADS,

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IN THAT CASE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PROCEED? WE DO HAVE THAT. OKAY.

AND IF EVERYBODY WOULD VOTE.

OKAY. WE ARE ALL SET. THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL GO TO THE NON-ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Premium Transit Education Series: High Frequency Bus Service]

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AMANDA CHRISTIAN, TRANSIT MANAGER WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE COMPONENT OF THE BROWARD PRIMO PLAN PROGRAM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR AT THE BEGINNING THAT I AM CLEARLY A BROWARD MPO EMPLOYEE, SO I DO NOT REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OR THE POSITIONS OF BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

I AM JUST SIMPLY HERE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE IS.

AND JUST AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, I HAVE DONE A PRESENTATION FOR OUR MPO BOARD ABOUT THE TRANSIT MODES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE PRIMO PLAN OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

AND WE DECIDED THAT WELL, THANKFULLY MY EDUCATIONAL SERIES HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED. SO NOW I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING IT TO THE TAC AND THE CAC.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'LL BE GIVING THIS PRESENTATION.

SPECIFICALLY, I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH JUST WHAT THE PRIMO PLAN SAYS, WHERE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE IS GOING TO EXIST IN THE FUTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR TIME FRAME FOR THIS IS I THINK THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING TO ROLL OUT SOME HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE CORRIDORS BY 2027, I THINK. BUT THE, THE PLAN IS ABOUT 100 MILES OF HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE IN BROWARD ABOUT $125 MILLION INVESTMENT.

AND THAT IS I THINK, MOSTLY SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR BUSSES THEMSELVES.

THAT'S WHAT BCC BCT SAID TO ME EARLIER TODAY.

THE NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY STATE ROUTE SEVEN, DIXIE, EAST WEST SAMPLE ATLANTIC COMMERCIAL, ETC..

AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST STOP FOR A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE LIKE, OR HOW IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF AT THE END OF YOUR DRIVEWAY OR IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHERE YOU LIVE. THERE WAS A GATE THAT ONLY OPENED EVERY 30 TO 60 MINUTES.

AND THINK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

NOW THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE THAT RIDE TRANSIT HAVE TO ENDURE.

AND I USE THAT WORD SPECIFICALLY.

THEY. BUT THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH AS TRANSIT RIDERS IN BROWARD BECAUSE BC OPERATES A DIRECT SERVICE SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SYSTEM WHERE BUSSES MOSTLY COME AT THE MOST IN BROWARD EVERY HALF HOUR.

BUT A LOT OF THEM COME ONCE EVERY HOUR.

AND THAT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE KIDS TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, OR YOU HAVE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO GET TO ON TIME.

AND IT'S TOUGH. SO WHAT IS HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE? WELL, HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE IS SO FREQUENT THAT YOU DON'T NEED A SCHEDULE.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE, ARE DIFFICULT AS FAR AS TRANSIT RIDERSHIP IS CONCERNED HERE IN IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS THE UNPREDICTABLE DELAYS THAT COME BECAUSE BUSSES BUNCH OR SOMETHING HAPPENS.

THERE'S AN INCIDENT, THERE'S A CRASH.

WEATHER REALLY PLAYS A BIG PART IN IMPACTING THE ADHERENCE TO SCHEDULE HERE.

LONG WAITS AT TRANSFER STOPS LIKE YOU GET OFF ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU TAKE YOUR PRIMARY, YOUR FIRST LEG OF YOUR TRIP, YOU GET OFF, YOU TRANSFER, BUT THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO WAIT A HALF AN HOUR OR TWO AN HOUR FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, SECOND LEG AT YOUR TRIP WHICH IS DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF THE WHOLE TRIP BEING 45 MINUTES, IT CAN BE TWO HOURS PLUS BECAUSE OF THAT DELAY WHEN YOU NEED TO TRANSFER.

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SO THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES OR COHORTS OF, OF THIS SERVICE LOW VOLUME MODERATE VOLUME AND HIGH VOLUME. SO BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT IS USING THE TERM HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE.

AND THEIR THEIR SERVICE IS LIKELY GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE MODERATE AND THE HIGH VOLUME. IN THEIR DOCUMENTS, IT SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTE HEADWAYS, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY GO INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HIGH FREQUENCY SERVICE MEANS TO BCT OR MEANS TO BROWARD.

BUT THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE REAL BENCHMARKS FOR LOW, MODERATE AND HIGH. I MEAN, IF WE REALLY INSTITUTE HIGH VOLUME.

SO THAT SHOULD SAY 2 TO 6 MINUTES COMBINED HEADWAYS UNDER THE HIGH VOLUME.

AND WHAT WE OPERATE IN, IN BROWARD IS WHAT IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD AS DIRECT SERVICE VERSUS TRANSFER BASED SYSTEMS. SO DIRECT SERVICE IS, YOU KNOW, A DOOR TO DOOR.

YOU WALK FROM YOUR YOUR HOME TO THE BUS STOP.

YOU SIT ON THE BUS FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO BE THERE.

AND THEN YOU GET OFF AND, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO YOUR FINAL DESTINATION.

IT CONNECTS TYPICALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN FROM THE SUBURBS AND GOING INTO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN BROWARD, THAT MEANS GOING THROUGH FORT LAUDERDALE.

SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND YOUR EAR TO GET TO YOUR ELBOW.

OTHER TRIPS ARE SO IT'S REALLY BEST SERVED BY COMMUTERS LIKE THE COMMUTER, YOU KNOW, SUBURB CBD. SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BIGGEST. TRIP THAT WE HAVE IN BROWARD ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS IS PLANTATION TO FORT LAUDERDALE. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE YOUR VERY LIKE TRADITIONAL SUBURBS TO CBD TRIP, BUT TRANSFER BASED TRIPS AND A TRANSFER BASED SYSTEM OPERATES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

IT ALLOWS RIDERS TO ACCESS FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND USING TRANSFERS.

SO INSTEAD OF AN HOUR ON ONE ROUTE AND THEN AN HOUR ON THE NEXT ROUTE TO GET TO YOUR FINAL DESTINATION. THE TRANSFER BASED SYSTEMS IS SUCH THAT YOU HAVE A REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL, LIKE A REALLY CLEAR GRID NETWORK, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN LIKE HOP ON, TAKE THE TRIP FOR, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER LONG TO GET TO YOUR TRANSFER STOP.

AND THESE ARE NOT UNDERSTAND THESE ARE NOT TRANSFER STATIONS, RIGHT? THESE ARE JUST PLACES WHERE YOU TRANSFER YOUR TRIPS.

SO THEY'RE NOT THESE BIG THINGS LIKE I'M SHOWING YOU IN THAT PICTURE.

IT'S JUST A POINT WHERE YOU GO FROM ONE BUS TO THE NEXT.

IT, IT, THIS SYSTEM BETTER SERVES LIKE DISPERSED MOBILITY PATTERNS.

SO WHEREAS THE SERVICE.

DIRECT SERVICE REALLY WORKS WELL FOR THAT SUBURB TO CBD.

THIS WORKS WELL FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO FROM, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GO FROM PLANTATION TO MARGATE OR TO DAVIE OR TO DEERFIELD OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE IT KIND OF EXERCISES THAT GOING INTO THAT CBD PART OF THAT TRIP. THESE ARE JUST SOME ELEMENTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN SUCCESSFUL HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE NETWORKS.

SO THEY THESE TWO HAVE ACTIVE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, WHICH IS WHERE GPS AND THE BUS TALK TO EACH OTHER AND TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, TELLS THE SIGNALING SYSTEM TO TURN GREEN TO GET THE BUS ON THE WAY.

APPROACH LANES AND QUEUE JUMPS.

THAT'S JUST TO SAVE TIME.

A LOT OF THESE ARE TIME SAVING TACTICS IN LANE STOPS AGAIN TO SAVE THAT TIME FROM GOING OUT AND THEN COMING BACK IN.

BOARDING ISLANDS AND BULBS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THOSE COMPLETE STREETS WHERE THE THE THE CURBS GO INTO THE INTERSECTION.

THIS IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO THAT MULTI DOOR BOARDING.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE, THE BACKUP AT THE FRONT OF THE BUS AND YOU CAN GET PEOPLE ON AND OFF QUICKLY.

DEDICATED TRANSIT LANES.

I THINK THAT THAT IS PERHAPS A THING OF THE FAR FUTURE HERE IN BROWARD, BUT IT DEFINITELY HELPS WITH MAKING THIS, THIS TYPE OF SERVICE WORK BETTER.

DEDICATED PEAK ONLY LANES THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND SHARED BUS BIKE LANES.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF UNDERSTOOD AS INDUSTRY STANDARD.

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SO YOU WOULD WANT TO BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE WAITING AND IT MAKES THE SYSTEM MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY PERSON, THE PERSON THAT MAYBE ISN'T GOING TO THE OFFICE AT 8 A.M. AND LEAVING AT 5A5PM EVERY DAY.

IT MAKES CONNECTIONS EASY.

SO IT MAKES PARTS OF THE, YOU KNOW, PARTS OF THE COUNTY THAT HADN'T BEEN ACCESSIBLE OR WOULDN'T BE ACCESSIBLE.

MAKES THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WHOLE LEG OF THE TRIP THROUGH THE CBD, AND IT LIMITS THE RELIABILITY PROBLEM.

SO YOU CAN JUST GO TO A BUS STOP IF YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

YOU CAN GO TO A BUS STOP AND YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND YOU CAN RELAX KNOWING THAT YOUR BUS IS GOING TO BE THERE AT A MAXIMUM 10 OR 15 MINUTES FROM NOW.

AND THERE'S THAT IS RIGHT THERE.

THAT REMOVES THE GATE, RIGHT? IT REMOVES THE GATE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME INFORMATION IN HERE ABOUT WHAT THE PRIMO PLAN SAYS ABOUT THE GOALS HOW HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE WILL HIT THOSE GOALS.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THEM. AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN, HIS NAME IS JARRETT WALKER. HE'S A VERY PROMINENT TRANSIT PLANNER.

HE'S FROM AUSTRALIA, BUT I THINK HE LIVES HERE NOW. HE LIVES IN LIKE DC AND HE COINED THE TERM FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM.

AND IT REALLY IS TRUE. LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BUS, IF YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO COME, IT MAKES PLANNING YOUR LIFE AROUND TRANSIT A LOT SIMPLER AND A LOT EASIER.

AND IT'S A REALLY, IT'S, IT'S A BIG WAY TO GET THOSE WRITERS OF CHOICE. SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION TODAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE STANDING HERE TO TAKE THEM.

OKAY. WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS.

ERVIN BROWN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YEAH. HI. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SHOULD BE THE TARGET OF MY QUESTION, BUT IF NOT, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP OUT HERE.

WE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT BUS TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT THE BUS STOPS.

AND I, I SAY THIS TO ASK THIS WHO CONTROLS THE DESIGN OR THE LOOK OR USABILITY OF BUS STOPS. THE REASON I ASK IS HE HIT ME.

I WAS DRIVING AROUND IN SOME HEAVY RAINS RECENTLY, AND I WAS IMPASSIONED FOR THE CONDITION OF SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE BUS STOPS HUDDLED UP TO THE CORNER OF ONE END BUT STILL GETTING WET, WAITING FOR THE BUS. THEIR BEAUTIFUL BUS STOPS, NICE SIGNAGE, AND SOME OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SPONSORED ADVERTISING, BUT HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE TYPE OF BUS STOPS THAT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL TO THE USER? WELL, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I THINK THAT I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SELECT THE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE FINAL APPROVAL OF WHAT? THE BUS STOP. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUS SHELTER, WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND THERE'S IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE SAFETY AND, YOU KNOW, CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE CHOOSING A BUS SHELTER AND THIS IS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

SO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SHELTER FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENTS. AT THE SAME TIME, IT NEEDS TO BE OPEN ENOUGH SO THAT THERE IS NOT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HIDE IN THERE AND JUMP OUT.

AND SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT AS CUT AND DRY AS YOU WOULD THINK.

WE CAN'T JUST PUT A LITTLE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAN BE PROBLEMATIC.

BUT IT IS BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

AND THEY ARE THEY DO HAVE SOME RECIPROCITY WITH SOME OF THE CITIES FOR THEIR SHUTTLE STATIONS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN LIKE A REGULAR BCT FIXED ROUTE BUS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

AND IF I MAY ADD, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IS AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THESE BUS SHELTERS ARE BUILT EITHER IN PUBLIC, RIGHT OF WAY OR ON AN EASEMENT THAT IS PROVIDED BY A PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND OF COURSE, THE SHELTERS THAT PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION ALSO REQUIRE MORE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO A LOT OF TIMES BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT IS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, FORCED TO BUILD A SMALLER BUS STOP BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY OR THE EASEMENT THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

BUT I STILL THINK VERY GOOD COMMENT.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER. YOU'RE WELCOME. I SEE WE HAVE A REBECCA.

SOMEBODY RAISED THEIR HAND. IS THAT SOMEBODY ONLINE HERE? YES. IT'S BEEN UP HERE FOR A WHILE.

SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

WE CAN. OKAY. I WANTED TO ASK BROWARD BROWARD COUNTY HAS A LOT OF ARTERIALS THAT ARE THREE OR MORE LANES IN ONE DIRECTION.

AND UNLIKE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT CONSISTENT GRID SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES ALTERNATE ROADS IN BETWEEN THOSE MAJOR ARTERIALS.

SO I WANTED TO ASK WHY DEDICATED TRANSIT LANES ARE CONSIDERED A FAR FUTURE ITEM WHEN WE DO HAVE THE AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY TO DEDICATE SOME OF THESE LANES TO TRANSIT ONLY LANES. BUT THAT'S REALLY MY OPINION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THE DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT LANE REPURPOSING IS SOMETHING THAT I HEAR EVERY DAY FOR ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO I IT'S JUST MY OPINION THAT I, I'M NOT SURE THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS, IS ALL THAT IN FAVOR OF REMOVING VEHICLE LANE MILES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR, FOR TRANSIT. IT, IT IS WORTH NOTING, THOUGH, THAT THERE IS A GOOD PORTION OF THE PRIMO PLAN THAT DOES INCLUDE DEDICATED TRANSIT, WHETHER THAT BE LIGHT RAIL OR BUS RAPID TRANSIT AS PART OF THAT.

IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? AMANDA. WELL, DEDICATED TRANSIT, DEDICATED LANES FOR TRANSIT.

I KNOW THEY'RE NO, THEY THEY DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MILEAGE LISTED IN THE PLAN.

NOT REALLY. OKAY. I WANTED TO ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH THE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE THAT YOU TOUCHED ON.

HOW HOW CAN WE EXPECT TO ACHIEVE THESE HEADWAYS THAT WERE MENTIONED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF DEDICATED SPACE FOR THESE BUSSES? BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE, EVEN A BUS THAT'S REDUCED FROM 30 MINUTES TO 60 MINUTES, I MEAN, 30 TO 60 MINUTES DOWN TO 10 TO 15, IF THERE'S EVEN A SLIGHT DELAY, THAT THAT HEADWAY FALLS APART QUITE EASILY.

SO IS THERE ANY KIND OF APPROACH TO THIS TO KIND OF EASE IS THESE DIFFICULTIES FOR WRITERS. THERE ARE. BUT I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO SPEAK WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT ABOUT THAT. IT'S JUST I'M NOT I'M A BROWARD MPO EMPLOYEE AND I CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AND LIKE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO DECIDE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE PREMIUM TRANSIT. IT'S NOT.

I'M JUST HERE TO EDUCATE YOU ON WHAT THE FOUR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ARE THAT THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT LIGHT RAIL, BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, COMMUTER RAIL, AND HIGH FREQUENCY BUS.

UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NEXT. MAX GOLDSTEIN.

HI THERE. AMANDA. GREAT PRESENTATION. I ACTUALLY READ A HUMAN TRANSIT, WHICH IS JARED WALKER'S BOOK. YES IT IS.

IT'S A GREAT BOOK. TRANSIT PLANNING.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE AN MPO EMPLOYEE. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS TO MY TWO QUESTIONS. OKAY. THIS MIGHT JUST BE BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH AN EMPLOYEE.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE INSIGHT THAN I DO. WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE WHAT I'LL WHAT I FEEL LIKE I CAN SAY. THE FIRST ONE WAS KIND OF JUST A LITTLE FOLLOW UP TO, TO ACTUALLY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, IT WAS THE SAME, SAME ISSUE THAT I HAVE WITH THE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THAT MOST OF THIS $125 MILLION IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON ACTUALLY THE THE VEHICLE STOCK.

THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE WITHOUT THESE THINGS LIKE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES, YOU GET BUS BUNCHING REALLY QUICKLY.

THE ONE THAT I THINK OF IS THE ROUTE 100 IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY, WHICH GOES BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND MIAMI BEACH.

I THINK THE HEADWAYS ARE 6 MINUTES OR 10 MINUTES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC ALL THE TIME.

YOU END UP WITH THREE BUSSES RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY JUST CAN'T GET THROUGH THESE BLOCKADES.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COUNTY IS PLANNING ON ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE, BUT YOU ANSWERED THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS QUESTION BETTER, AND THE OTHER WAS IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE LINES ARE LIKE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, LIKE ON HOLLYWOOD AND PINES BOULEVARD, THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR IS HIGH FREQUENCY BUS. BUT THEN YOU HAVE CORRIDORS LIKE 441 WHERE IT'S BRT.

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IS THAT THE SAME SERVICE WHERE THE BRT BUS IS GOING INTO MIXED TRAFFIC AFTERWARDS, OR IS THERE GOING TO BE A TRANSFER THERE? I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, HONESTLY.

OKAY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, JUST AS A TRANSIT PERSON, I CAN'T REALLY. THEY CAN TURN BRT INTO, YOU KNOW, INTO A HIGH FREQUENCY PRETTY EASILY.

BUT THE CONVERSE ISN'T TRUE.

YOU KNOW, A BRT VEHICLE IS DIFFERENT THAN A FIXED ROUTE VEHICLE.

YOU SEE, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING, RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, MICHAEL SMITH. I HAD A QUESTION, AND I'LL LET YOU OFF THE HOOK.

JUST A COMMENT. OKAY. HERE WE ARE IN BROWARD COUNTY AT 2024.

I CAN RECALL WHEN SAN DIEGO FIRST OPENED THEIR SERVICE IN 1981.

NOT THAT I WAS EVER THERE, BUT WHEN THEY DID ON THEIR FIRST FIRST LINE NORTH, SOUTH THAT WAS CONSIDERED FORWARD THINKING.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIGHT RAIL, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND I'M WONDERING IF BROWARD COUNTY IS AT THE POINT NOW WHERE LIKE SOME CITIES IN ASIA, LET'S SAY MANILA, WHERE THEY JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THE TRAFFIC GOT SO BAD THAT THEY JUST INSTITUTED ELEVATED LIGHT RAIL AND I HOPE THAT'S A CONSIDERATION SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.

I DO REMEMBER ONE COMMISSIONER WRITING BACK TO ME IN 1981 SAYING MAYBE MAYBE LIGHT RAIL OR STREETCARS MAY BE CONSIDERED, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AS FAR AS IT WENT.

HERE WE ARE IN 2024. MAYBE THEY SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT MANILA HAS DONE AND GO TO ELEVATED LIGHT RAIL FOR EAST, ESPECIALLY FOR EAST AND WEST TRAFFIC.

THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW I CAN SAY THERE IS A SECTION OF THE LIGHT RAIL THAT IS PROPOSED FOR BROWARD BOULEVARD AND THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE ELEVATED.

SO THAT IS, I THINK ELEVATED UNTIL IT GETS JUST PAST FOR JUST 295.

AS I RECALL. SO THERE'S ONE SECTION.

BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE COST OF CONCRETE, THE, THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE FOR AN A-GRADE VERSUS AN, A VIADUCT OR, OR A, YOU KNOW, A BRIDGED SYSTEM.

IT'S, IT'S SO ASTRONOMICAL THAT THOSE ELEVATED SYSTEMS ARE ONLY IN THE MOST DENSELY, DENSELY POPULATED, DENSELY BUILT OUT LIKE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS. JUST A QUICK RESPONSE, PLEASE.

IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND IN BROWARD, BETWEEN THE TWO AND THE LAST 6 OR 7 YEARS, THEY'VE SPENT OVER 8,000,000,000 BILLION WITH A B ON EXPANDING EXPRESSWAYS AND TOLLWAYS AND TOLL LANES. IT SHOULD NOT BE SO ASTRONOMICAL BY COMPARISON.

THANKS. I'LL SHUT UP NOW.

I LIKE IT WHEN YOU YOU MAKE THESE COMMENTS.

I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED IT.

OKAY. NEXT. DARREN VADER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. SO I'VE, I'VE LIVED HERE IN BROWARD FOR 30 YEARS.

THE LAST MONTH I DECIDED I'M GOING TO USE THE TRI-RAIL.

SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT.

I'M HOPING MY TRAIN SHOWS UP AT 823, BUT THAT I SEE THE SFRTA.

THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT NEED IT TOO. YEAH.

SO SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT A B, C T EMPLOYEE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE.

I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PLAN.

I SEE. AND I KNOW THESE ARE PROBABLY JUST SOME STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD, BUT I SEE BUSSES BUNCHING ALL THE TIME.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE BUSSES WITHOUT DEDICATED LANES, IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK NOW WITHOUT DEDICATED LANES IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK LATER. THE ROUTES, I'M CURIOUS HOW THE ROUTES WERE CHOSEN

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AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUTER RAIL, SO WHY WOULD WE ADD BUSSES WHEN THERE'S A RAIL? AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE SCARIEST PART IS WHEN I'M DRIVING AROUND, I SEE SHARED TRAVEL LANES, BIKES AND CARS.

YEAH. THERE'S NOT, NOT A DEDICATED BIKE LANE, BUT A SHARED LANE. SO IN YOUR PRESENTATION, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S SHARED.

THERE'S NO WAY. THAT THAT IS SAFE.

I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD SHARE A LANE WITH A BIKE AND A BUS.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I, I, I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH SLIDE IT WAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S THOSE IT WAS IT WAS WITH THE BULLET. IT WAS THE ONE SLIDE WITH ALL THE BULLETS.

YES. I, IT ACTUALLY DOES HAPPEN IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THERE ARE SHARED BUS BIKE LANES.

IS THE POPULATION 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE TYPICALLY MUCH HIGHER.

REALLY? THAT'S SCARY. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEY ARE AMERICAN CITIES.

OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. JOEL.

BRENDA. THANK YOU. SO.

HELLO. SO PRETTY MUCH YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ENTRYWAY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

WE ARE IN 2024, ALMOST IN 2025.

CAN'T BELIEVE IT. MY QUESTION IS, AND WITH BCT NOT BEING HERE, IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF OVERSIGHT IN THE LIKE, AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH THE GATE, LET'S SAY TEN, 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, THAT GATE SLOWLY BEGINS TO CLOSE.

WILL THERE BE SOME SORT OF OVERSIGHT WITHIN THAT PERIOD WITH HOW THE BUSSES, YOU KNOW, OPERATE? YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE TO I REALLY HAVE TO SAY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PLAN OR THE SERVICE OF THE PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I REALLY CAN'T IT'S JUST NOT MY PLACE TO RESPOND.

I'M SORRY. RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO TEACH YOU ABOUT, ABOUT THE TYPES OF, OF TRANSPORTATION THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.

NOT ABOUT NECESSARILY HOW IT WILL OR WON'T WORK.

RIGHT, RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. I'M SORRY THAT I NO NO NO.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANKS. YEAH. BOB SHANKWEILER.

THANK YOU. THIS IS MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.

I THINK YOUR MIC IS OFF.

SO MAYBE THE THE CONTROL ROOM COULD TURN ON MR. FLETCHER, MR. GOLDSTEIN'S MIC.

AND YOU COULD USE ONE OF THEIR MICS.

MR. GOLDSTEIN'S MIC. IS IT WORKING NOW? NO. HERE. TRY DAVE'S. OKAY.

NO, NO. TRY DAVE'S. NOW I'M GOING TO ASK THE CONTROL ROOM TO TURN ON MR. GOLDSTEIN. I HEAR MYSELF MUCH LOUDER NOW.

OKAY. OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY, THIS IS A COMMENT MORE.

THE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL BUS STOP SHELTER DESIGNS ARE DRIVEN BY THE MUNICIPALITIES.

AND NOT REALLY TRUE. OH.

IT IS. I WORKED WITH LAURA HILL.

WE HAVE OUR OWN DESIGN FOR BUS STOP.

SHELTER FOR PLANTATION HAS THEIR OWN.

WITH THE LITTLE BENCH DOWN THE MIDDLE IN THE ROOF. SO THERE ARE FOR COMMUNITY SHUTTLES? YES. BUT NO, NO, NO FOR FOR FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

OKAY. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT.

YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN.

THEY WITH THE FORT LAUDERDALE HAVE THE ALLIGATOR ON IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S THEY'RE ALL INDIVIDUAL DESIGNS.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT REALLY DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN, BUT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM SLEEPING ON THE BENCHES OR THEY'RE ALL THEY ALL GO THROUGH A SEPTET REVIEW WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T BE MUGGED THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE HIDDEN. BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT AS WELL DESIGNED TO TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE ELEMENTS AS OTHERS.

YEAH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THINGS NOW LIKE LEANING POLES AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR, THEIR BUS SHELTERS. YEAH.

LAUDERHILL HAD HAS TRANSIT, PERKS THAT ARE GIVEN TO DEVELOPERS SO THAT IF THEY DO PUT A CROSS CIRCULATION AND COVERED COVERED WALKWAY, GOING TO THE SHELTER AND THE DESIGN OF THE SHELTER CAN ACTUALLY REFLECT THE DESIGN OF THEIR PLAZA. OH, WOW. BUT THE PLAZAS AREN'T GETTING DEVELOPED VERY MUCH ANYMORE.

THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE ALL BUILT OUT.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S JUST A COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY.

PATIENCE, COHEN. THANK YOU.

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MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE ME AS BROWARD BOULEVARD WOULD BECOME A PARKING LOT.

I'M I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A PLAN THAT THAT ABSORB ALLOWS FOR THE EXTRA.

THE CARS. YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A PARKING LOT WITH THE CARS.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT BUSSES ON IT AS FREQUENTLY AS A HIGH FREQUENCY ROUTE WOULD.

ARE YOU JUST HOPING TO ANNOY THE PEOPLE ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS TO GET ON THE BUS? AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT IT'S JUST THAT'S THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF BECAUSE WHEN I SEE WHEN I'M ON BROWARD BOULEVARD, IF I SEE A BUS, IT'S GOING TO JAM UP TRAFFIC FOREVER.

JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD.

YEAH. OKAY. AND WALLACE PETERSON.

I WAS IN THERE. AM I NOT THERE STILL? NO. ME? YEAH. DO PTS AGAIN ON YOUR THING? SHOULD I GO? NO. OKAY.

OKAY. I JUST WONDERED, COULD YOU CLARIFY FOR ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH FREQUENCY VERSUS RAPID TRANSIT BUSSES? I EARLIER IN THIS DISCUSSION, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT IS THERE ARE THERE GOING TO BE DEDICATED LANES? AND THERE WAS SOME IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WON'T BE FOR THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT. SO HOW WOULD THAT MAKE IT ANY DIFFERENT THAN JUST A BUS? AND THEN WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE THEN BETWEEN THE TWO? THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

THE THE VEHICLE OPERATES LIKE A LIGHT RAIL ON RUBBER TIRES.

SO THE STATION, IT'S A, IT'S A LARGE STATION WITH ITS OWN IDENTITY WHERE YOU WOULD GET THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

IT HAS LEVEL BOARDING.

SO THE BUS WOULDN'T GO DOWN AND UP ANYMORE TO, TO MEET THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE STOP.

SO IT'S NOT STOPS AT STATIONS.

THERE IS BUS RAPID TRANSIT HAS OFF VEHICLE TICKET VENDING MACHINES.

SO YOU WOULD PURCHASE YOUR, YOUR TICKET SIMILAR TO HOW YOU WOULD IF YOU WENT TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON DC AND YOU WOULD PAY FOR YOUR, YOUR METRO TICKET SIMILAR TO THAT HAS ITS OWN BRANDING.

IT TYPICALLY IN THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD, IT TYPICALLY DOES OPERATE IN ITS OWN BUS WAY, AT LEAST PART OF THE TIME.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THE ONE OF THE TENETS OF A SUCCESSFUL BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IS IT HAS ITS OWN DEDICATED BUS WAY.

SO IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME CONGESTION PROBLEMS AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AS A REGULAR FIXED ROUTE BUS DOES HAVE.

SO IT LOOKS DIFFERENT AND IT FEELS DIFFERENT.

IT HAS YOU KNOW, REAL TIME ARRIVAL INFORMATION.

SO YOU HAVE LIKE LEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'LL TELL YOU WHEN THE BUS IS COMING.

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WHEREAS THE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE, THE, THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES ARE TO ARE THE SAME AS, AS REGULAR FIXED ROUTE BUS SERVICE VEHICLES.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY, DAVE, YOU STILL HAD A COMMENT? THE MASTER OF THE MICROPHONES IS GOING TO TURN YOU ON FROM UP THERE.

OKAY. WHO HAS THE. I THINK I'M ON IN HERE NOW.

OKAY. SO FIRST THING, I'M EITHER TO THE CHAIR OR THE STAFF, I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED BROWARD TRANSIT HERE. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN GET THEM FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING? I THINK WE COULD ASK THEM TO COME AND PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THEIR BROWARD, ON THEIR PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN.

I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT TO AMANDA'S POINT, THE INTENT HERE WAS SIMPLY TO TALK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES AND NOT NECESSARILY TO SET BCT UP, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE THE COMMITTEE HAS QUESTIONS FROM THE THE PRIMO FOLKS, SO WE CAN ASK THEM TO COME IN AND JUST SAY THAT THIS HAS SPURRED SOME CONVERSATION AND WE'D LIKE SOME FOLLOW UP.

YEAH. AND MY SECOND POINT IS REGARDING A DEDICATED BUS SLASH BICYCLE LANE.

I'VE ACTUALLY RIDDEN IN THEM IN LAS VEGAS AND BECAUSE OF THE INFREQUENCY OF THE BUS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN ENTIRE LANE DEDICATED TO THE BICYCLE.

AND THEN EVERY 15 OR 20 MINUTES, THERE'S A BUS I GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR.

NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WE HAVE OUR OWN IDEAS ABOUT WHAT TRAFFIC RULES MEAN, BUT ASSUMING THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A DEDICATED BIKE BUS LANE, I'D THROW MYSELF IN. THANK YOU.

WHEN THE BUS COMES THROUGH. OKAY.

AND WE HAVE A VIRTUAL CALL HERE.

BRANT. ABSOLUT AGAIN? YEAH.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY ADDRESS A COMMENT FROM EARLIER ABOUT

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DESPITE THE AMOUNT OF PASSENGERS THAT A CAR OR SUV CAN ACCOMMODATE, THE AVERAGE VEHICLE OCCUPANCY THAT WE SEE TYPICALLY IS NOT EVEN ONE AND A HALF PEOPLE.

AND A BUS TYPICALLY TAKES UP THE SPACE OF 2 OR 3 CARS.

SO IT ONLY TAKES 2 OR 3 PEOPLE ON THE BUS TO TAKE UP THE SAME SPACE THAT 2 OR 3 PEOPLE DRIVING WOULD TAKE. SO IF THE BUS SERVICE IS MADE ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO ABANDON THEIR CARS AND TAKE THE BUS, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE DRIVERS FEEL THAT THEY ARE ANNOYED BY THE EXTRA PRESENCE OF BUSSES ON THE ROADS.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. NOW, THIS ONE GOT LIVELY, DIDN'T IT? MY PRESENTATIONS USUALLY DO.

IT'S PRETTY GREAT, I LIKE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU AMANDA. ALL RIGHT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND JAMES CROMAR IS GOING TO GIVE US AN

[2. Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP) Update]

GOOD EVENING. JAMES CROMAR HERE WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

I'M ALSO. LOOKING FOR THE TRAIN.

SO ARE YOU GOING NORTH? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I THOUGHT IT SAID 821, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

ALRIGHT. JAMES CROMAR HERE WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN FROM THE MPO SIDE ALONG WITH FAISAL QURESHI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY.

MICHAEL WASN'T HEARING ME. SO AND WE ALSO ARE PARTNERING WITH BROWARD COUNTY ON THIS STUDY.

WE WERE HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK.

MAX AND KEN ARE ON OUR, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES AND SO THEY'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THIS STUFF. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A REAL HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE DETAILS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT WE COULD TALK ABOUT.

WE DID A 45 MINUTE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK IN OUR OFFICE FOR OUR STAFF.

AND WE STILL DIDN'T DIDN'T COVER IT.

NOW, THAT SOUNDS BETTER, RIGHT? YEAH. WE STILL DIDN'T COVER ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO. SO BUT WE'LL KEEP IT REAL HIGH LEVEL AND YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS. SO THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS A, AN EFFORT TO DO THESE THINGS THAT WE TALK HERE.

WE WANT TO HAVE A DATA DRIVEN PLAN.

WE WANT TO USE INFORMATION THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES, RELIABLE INFORMATION, IT'S ACTION ORIENTED.

THE IDEA IS THAT WE WILL DO SOMETHING WITH THIS PLAN.

WE'LL DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH.

AND THE IDEA IS TO REDUCE SEVERE INJURIES AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES TO ZERO.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CRASHES THAT OCCUR IN OUR ROADWAYS. THERE ARE ABOUT 300 000 IN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.

AND ABOUT 5000 OF THOSE RESULT IN DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY.

SO WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO OUR GOAL IS NOT TO ELIMINATE ALL CRASHES, BUT TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF CRASHES THAT DO OCCUR.

AS WE APPLIED FOR FUNDING FOR THIS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY WERE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT OUR HOW WE'RE GOING TO SERVE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS SAFETY. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION HERE THAT IN OUR POPULATION, A LITTLE OVER 28% MET THE QUALIFICATIONS TO SAY THAT THEY WERE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. AND IN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD ON OUR STREETS, WE HAD, AGAIN, OVER 5000 DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT THE MORE SEVERE THE CRASH IF IT'S A FATALITY OR SERIOUS INJURY, THERE'S, THERE'S TREMENDOUS IMPACT. AND SO WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION AS WE TALK ABOUT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

SHOULD WE INVEST A FEW MILLION DOLLARS TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT CAUSES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ISSUE? SO THE GRANT ITSELF IS A REMINDER.

IT'S A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM BROWARD MPO PARTNERED WITH BROWARD COUNTY.

MPO IS ADMINISTERING THE GRANT, BUT BROWARD MPO BROWARD COUNTY.

I'M SORRY IS PROVIDING A LOCAL MATCH IN THE IN THE REALM OF THREE DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT THEY'RE DOING, LOOKING AT, LITTLE MISS.

I'M SORRY. NEAR MISS ISSUES ON ROADWAYS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS AROUND BROWARD AND GOING TO BE ADDRESSING SOME ISSUES THERE. AND THEN ALSO DEVELOPING A LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY PLAN.

AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THEM TO COME PRESENT TO YOU ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAN PROBABLY IN OCTOBER. WE HAVE ABOUT AN 18 MONTH SCHEDULE.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE ACTION PLAN COMPLETE BY JUNE 2025.

AND SIMILAR TO YOU ALL AS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE PROVIDING INPUT A BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE, DIFFERENT INTERESTS, NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE, BUT COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS LIKE THE TWO WE HAVE ON OUR COMMITTEE HERE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARE PROVIDING GUIDANCE

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THEY MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, AND THEN A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETS MONTHLY, AND THEY GET, YOU KNOW, ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECT, WITH THE PLANNING. WE'RE EXPECTING THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF OUTCOMES.

A DEFINED GOAL TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE SERIOUS INJURIES BY A CERTAIN DATE.

WE WANT TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND GET THEM READY FOR FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THEN WE WANT TO IDENTIFY ALSO POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ON OUR ROADWAYS.

HERE'S OUR OVERALL SCHEDULE.

WE'RE ABOUT NUMBER FIVE THERE IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

BUT THERE'S SOME OVERLAP OF SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION HERE, NUMBER THREE IS THAT IN ADDITION TO ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME FOCUS PLAN AREAS.

AND SO WE TALK A LOT. YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT OUR PRIORITY CORRIDORS COMING UP LATER.

BUT WE ARE ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK IN CERTAIN AREAS LOOKING AT RAIL SAFETY, NOT ONLY AT THE CROSSING, BUT CROSSINGS, BUT TRESPASSERS.

AND TALKING WITH BARBARA HERE FROM SFRA THERE'S SOME, SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH, WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE CROSSING ON BOTH TRACKS.

THERE'S LOOKING AT LIGHTING A LITTLE TIDBIT THERE.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON CORRIDORS THAT DIDN'T HAVE LIGHTING. IT TURNS OUT THERE IS LIGHTING IN PLACE IN A LOT OF THESE CORRIDORS.

IT'S JUST NOT ADEQUATE AND NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

SO HOW CAN WE FIX THAT? LOOKING AT SCHOOL ZONES, WE'RE FINDING THAT THE SCHOOL ZONES, WHEN THE FLASHERS ARE GOING ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AT KEEPING THE STUDENTS SAFE.

BUT IN THOSE HOURS WHEN THEY'RE NOT FLASHING, WE'RE HAVING SERIOUS ISSUES WITH DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY FOR CHILDREN AROUND SCHOOLS AND PARKS. SO, SO EACH OF THESE PARTICULAR AREAS, MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS SAFE SPEEDS, HOW, HOW WE CAN REDUCE SPEEDS BECAUSE THE SPEED HAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF OR THE, THE INTENSITY OF A, THE SEVERITY OF A CRASH TECHNOLOGIES, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. HERE IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'LL BE COMPILING THEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, BRINGING THEM TOGETHER.

PRIORITIZING THOSE. AND THEN TOWARD, YOU KNOW, SPRING NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE FINALIZING THE PLAN AND GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND SHARING THAT INFORMATION. AS WE GO FORWARD.

THEN I WANTED TO INTRODUCE SOME TOPICS.

FIRST OFF, YOU CAN DING ME ANYTIME I SAY ACCIDENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CRASHES. THE TERM ACCIDENT WAS SOMETHING THAT EVOLVED.

WHEN THE, AND THERE'S, THERE'S SOME HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THE CAR MANUFACTURERS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A LOT OF DEATHS ON THE ROADWAYS. AND SO THERE WAS THIS, THIS KIND OF SWITCHING, IT WILL BLAME THE PERSON WHO'S OUT IN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS KIND OF APPROACH.

JAYWALKERS. AND, AND SO IT BECAME A PART OF THE THE ROADS ARE FOR CARS WHEN HISTORICALLY THEY WEREN'T ALWAYS JUST FOR CARS.

AND SO THAT TERM OF CRASHES IS A CRASHES KIND OF GOES AGAINST THAT IDEA OF, OF IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.

IT'S CRASHES ARE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY TAKES AN ACTION TO CREATE THEM.

SO WE WANT TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LAYING BLAME BUT ASSIGNING RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY TO FOR THE CRASH, BUT ALSO HOW TO FIX IT.

AND THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT KILLED OR SERIOUS INJURIES CASES.

SO IF I DO SAY I JUST KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY ON THE ROADWAYS, OUR CRASH DATA, WE TOOK A FIVE YEAR WINDOW BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT YOU DO.

AND SO AS WE STARTED OUR ANALYSIS, WE ONLY HAD COMPLETE INFORMATION THROUGH THE YEAR 2022. WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING THE INFORMATION FOR 2023.

BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT YOU PICK A WINDOW AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS UPDATE YOUR DATA AS YOU GO FORWARD.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPORTED CRASHES.

I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF SITUATION.

WAIT, I SAY, I KNOW WE ASSUME THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF SITUATIONS THAT DON'T GET REPORTED.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE FALLEN TWICE ON MY BICYCLE AND BROKEN MY ARM.

I NEVER REPORTED THAT TO THE POLICE.

IT WAS ON THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, AND WE THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CRASHES INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS THAT WE DON'T GET REPORTED.

AND SO IT'S ALSO WITH THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, IT'S BASED ON CRASHES INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE. SO IF A BICYCLIST HITS A A PEDESTRIAN THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN SOME OF THE CRASH DATA THAT WE HAVE.

SO I TALKED ABOUT THE FOCUS PLANS.

I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT NOW AS WE'RE GOING INTO A PRIORITY CORRIDORS, THAT THERE'S SOME BIG ACTIVITY COMING UP IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

SO I WANTED TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND HOW WE APPROACH GETTING TO THAT, THAT LIST OF CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE LOOKED AT A PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT WAS TRANSPARENT AND INCLUDED CONSIDERATIONS FOR EQUITY AND SAFETY.

AND SO AS WE WENT FORWARD, WE DEVELOPED THREE DIFFERENT CRITERIA HIGH INJURY NETWORK, A HIGH, A HIGH RISK NETWORK AND EQUITY AREAS.

SO HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

I REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, PAUL FLAVIEN CAME AND SHARED WITH YOU THE MPO'S HIGH INJURY NETWORK, AND YOU ALL HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

AND SO THIS IS A REVISED APPROACH TO DOING THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

AND I THINK THE MPO WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THIS APPROACH.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS THAT HAD HIGH NUMBER OF DEATHS,

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THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK HERE ACTUALLY ENCOMPASSES 75% OF THE CASES ON OUR NETWORK.

AND IT'S ONLY ON 6% OF THE ROADWAYS.

ABOUT OVER 50% OF THOSE ROADWAYS ARE STATE CORRIDORS, ABOUT 25% ARE COUNTY AND THE REST ARE LOCAL ROADS.

SO IT GIVES US A SENSE OF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STATE HIGHWAYS AND HAVING GREATER IMPACT.

THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND THEN ALSO, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPACT BY EQUITY AREA THE, THE, THE INCIDENCE OF CRASH OF DEATH AND SEVERE INJURY WAS NOT NECESSARILY GREATER IN OUR, IN OUR HIGHER EQUITY AREAS, BUT WE DID FIND THAT OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST CRASHES WERE OF A GREATER PROPORTION IN OUR EQUITY AREA.

SO, SO THE DATA HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN CLARIFYING WHAT OUR PROBLEMS ARE AND WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WE ALSO LOOKED AT A HIGH RISK NETWORK. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROADWAYS THAT TEND TO HAVE THESE CRASHES, THE SEVERE CRASHES.

AND WE FOUND THAT THEY TEND TO BE SIX LANE ROADS, 45 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT, I THINK.

AND I THINK THAT WAS REFERRING TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD EARLIER. AND SO THESE ARE ROADS ON THE HIGH RISK NETWORK THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY HAVING ALL THE CRASHES, BUT THEY HAVE THOSE TENDENCIES.

AND SO ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN APPLY ON THOSE CORRIDORS ALSO TO, TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BECOMING HIGH INJURY NETWORKS? AND THEN THE THIRD THING WE LOOKED AT OUR OUR EQUITY SCORING, THE BROWARD MPO DEVELOPED A TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.

WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT, THAT AFFECT EQUITY. JUST THE FACT THAT AN AREA IS HAS A DARKER, HIGHER COLOR HERE. THAT'S NOT THE END OF THE STORY.

THAT'S THE START. SO WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO GO IN AND FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHAT ARE THE EQUITY CONCERNS? IS IT SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN? IS IT SENIORS? IS IT LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, LOW INCOME THINGS OF THAT SORT.

AND SO IN BROWARD, OUR EQUITY AREAS TEND TO CONCENTRATE BETWEEN THE TURNPIKE AND 95, AND THERE'S A PREPONDERANCE IN DEERFIELD BEACH, POMPANO, FORT LAUDERDALE, HALLANDALE BEACH.

SO WE USE THOSE THREE FACTORS THEN TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS APPLIED WEIGHTING HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

THEY GOT 40% OF THE SCORE, HIGH RISK NETWORK, 30% AND EQUITY FACTORS GOT 30%.

WE RANKED ALL THE DIFFERENT CORRIDOR SEGMENTS.

CAME UP WITH A RANKING OF 338 CORRIDORS.

YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SHEET HERE THAT THE HIGHEST RANKED CORRIDORS ARE TENDED TO BE STATE CORRIDORS, STATE HIGHWAYS.

OKAY. SO WE HAD TO DELIBERATE.

WELL WHAT DO WE DO NOW? DO WE JUST CONCENTRATE ON OUR STATE HIGHWAY CORRIDORS? WE MADE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT WANTING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONAL ROADWAYS, LOOKING AT COUNTY AND CITY FACILITIES.

AND ALSO THEN LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROADWAYS.

SO NOT ONLY SIX LANE, BUT FOUR LANE, TWO LANE ROADS AND THEN GETTING A GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AS WE WENT FORWARD.

SO WE TOOK OUR LIST OF 338, PUT PICKED OUT THE 25 HIGHEST RANKED STATE QUARTERS, 25 HIGHEST RANKED COUNTY CORRIDORS, 25 HIGHEST RANKED. LOCAL STREETS WENT THROUGH THAT LIST.

AND ACTUALLY IT ENDED UP BEING SOME OF THEM WERE TIED. SO WE ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE OVER 25 EACH. WE WENT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ON THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THE STATE HIGHWAY CORRIDORS THAT RANKED HIGH ALREADY HAVE PLANS OR STUDIES OR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING FORWARD.

SO THE STATE SAID, PLEASE DON'T, YOU KNOW, LET US MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO WE WENT TO THE NEXT ONES ON THE LIST.

SAME WITH THE COUNTY AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TWO.

SO FROM THAT LIST, WE PULL THAT DOWN TO TEN FROM EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES AND THEN FIGURED OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON WHICH ONES WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON.

SO THESE ARE THE 11 CORRIDORS THAT WE WILL BE FOCUSING OUR CORRIDOR CONCEPT DESIGN FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. AND SO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO MEET WITH YOU TODAY IS TO LET YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE PUBLIC MEETINGS COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER FOR EACH OF THESE CORRIDOR AREAS. WE DO NOT HAVE THE.

ALL THE DETAILS YET TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, BUT IT WILL BE OUT, WE HOPE, BY THE END OF THE WEEK TO. TO TALK ABOUT WHERE ALL THESE DIFFERENT MEETINGS ARE. SO WE'LL BE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT STATE CORRIDORS FOR 41 STATE ROAD SEVEN BETWEEN SUNRISE AND DAVIE BROWARD BOULEVARD, EAST OF 95 TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THEN STERLING ROAD IN DANIA BEACH FROM US ONE TO SOUTHWEST 12TH, WE HAVE THREE COUNTY CORRIDORS, BROWARD BOULEVARD WEST OF UNIVERSITY OUT TO CENTRAL PARK DRIVE 31ST NORTHWEST 31ST, BASICALLY FROM ABOUT BROWARD TO MCNAB AND NORTHWEST 19TH STREET FROM 31ST WEST INTO STATE ROAD SEVEN INTO LAUDERHILL.

AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR LOCAL CORRIDORS. WE HAVE SISTER SISTRUNK AND BROWARD, WHICH EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS, IT CONTINUES TO HAVE A LOT OF SERIOUS CRASHES ON IT.

ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD AND ROCK ISLAND, WHICH ARE IN MARGATE AND TAFT STREET IN HOLLYWOOD, A WESTERN PORTION THERE WEST OF STATE ROAD SEVEN AND THEN SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET, WHERE THE BIG PROJECTS GOING IN, IT BECOMES A LOCAL ROAD EAST OF 95.

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IT ACCOUNTS FOR 416 KSI SO IT'S ABOUT A 10TH OF THE CASES THAT WE HAVE, AND IT'LL BE ABOUT 25 MILES OF ROADWAY.

AND THE PROCESS THEN WILL BE GOING TO GATHER DATA, LOOK AT THE SAFETY INFORMATION, GATHER SOME SPEED DATA.

WE WANT TO DO A ROAD SAFETY ASSESSMENT WHERE THE TECHNICAL STAFF WILL GO OUT AND WALK ON THE CORRIDOR AND SEE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER. WE'LL THEN TAKE THE INFORMATION, DEVELOP SOME COUNTERMEASURES SOME INITIAL CONCEPTS, AND THEN GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN IN JANUARY AND THEN FINALIZE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, DEVELOP THE COST ESTIMATES, THINGS OF THAT SORT, AND THEN WORK WITH PETER AND TEAM ON THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO GET THAT IN LINE FOR FUNDING.

AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF RECOGNIZE THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE STATE LEVEL.

FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, NOT ONLY SS FOUR, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER PROGRAMS, COUNTY FUNDS, MAYBE LOCAL FUNDS. AND IT MAY BE AS DEVELOPERS COME IN, THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOME OF THE THE IMPROVEMENTS TOO.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR IMPLEMENTATION AS WE GO FORWARD. AND ON THE MAP HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD.

WE TRY TO GET A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTY COVERED WITH OUR PRIORITY CORRIDORS. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THOSE 11 PRIORITY, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT THAT'S ALL THAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE ALSO DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT FOCUS PLANS. SO THROUGH THE SUMMER HERE, WE'RE WORKING ON THE FOCUS PLANS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PRIORITY CORRIDORS THROUGH THE FALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THE CORRIDOR PRIORITY CORRIDOR WORK AND THEN ALSO COMPLETING THE FOCUS PLANS. THEN WE GET TO BRING ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND COMPILE IT.

WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S SOME OVERLAP WITH SOME OF OUR STUDIES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO SPEED ARE ALSO RELATED TO PED AND BIKE ISSUES AND, OR, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S THERE'S, THERE'S A SET OF COMBINATION OF FACTORS THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE PRIORITIZE, FIGURE OUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. WE ALSO THEN WANT TO GO OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND DO SOME EDUCATION AND INFORMATIONAL THINGS.

SO IF YOUR COMMUNITIES ARE HAVING CERTAIN EVENTS, WE WOULD LOVE TO GO OUT AND, AND BRING OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR BACK. THAT'S NOT OUR TRAIN.

RIGHT? BRING OUR COMBINATION OF, OF, OF TRAINING AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO, TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BETTER ABOUT SAFETY.

AND THEN THE GOAL IS TO GET TO THE BOARD, THE MPO BOARD AND THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION BY AUGUST FOR IMPLEMENTATION OR FOR ADOPTION.

THAT WILL NOT THEN BE THE END OF THE PROCESS.

THAT'LL KIND OF BE THE START, BUT THAT'LL BE THE END OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. AND THEN WE HOPE TO BE MOVING INTO IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WITH THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT TOOK TIME, THAT WAS HIGH LEVEL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER, A LOT MORE THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT. SO I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS FROM THE CHAIR AND THE, AND THE COMMITTEE. OKAY.

WE DO HAVE SOME. DAVE FLETCHER OH, ONE LAST THING.

SORRY I BROUGHT THIS UP SO I WOULDN'T FORGET.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE AT YOUR DESK, AT YOUR AT YOUR LOCATIONS THERE A PAMPHLET.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE DEVELOPED TO INFORM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEN THE GENERAL COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO IT'S AN INTRODUCTION.

THERE'S SOME SAFETY TO STATISTICS.

TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS, SOME OF THAT PRIORITIZATION, AND THEN OUR TIMELINE.

SO WE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ALSO IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH ANYBODY, BUT JUST WANTED TO GET THAT, MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT THERE.

MAX GOT TO SEE AN EARLIER VERSION AND IT'S A LITTLE REVISED HERE.

SO ALL RIGHT. SORRY. GO AHEAD.

IS MY MIC. IT IS ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND I LOVE THE HANDOUT.

I'VE ACTUALLY IT WAS THE FIRST THING I SAW WHEN I WALKED IN. SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT PREPARING MY QUESTIONS. BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S INFORMATIVE. IT'S FAIRLY EASY TO READ.

I DON'T NEED TO ASK YOU HOW TO WELL, MAYBE ONE QUESTION, HOW TO READ IT. BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, IT'S GREAT, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU. SO MY FIRST QUESTION, AND THIS IS PROBABLY JUST MY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE THE CRASH FACTS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED BY MODE.

AND I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT WITH THE, THE GRAPH BELOW.

SO FOR EXAMPLE BICYCLES ARE THE SECOND MOST FREQUENT OF YOUR TOP GRID THERE, BUT THERE ARE ONLY 5% OF THE GRID BELOW, WHEREAS PEDESTRIANS ARE COMING OUT 16 AND THERE ARE FEWER THAN BICYCLES.

WHAT AM I MISSING HERE? AM I MAKING SENSE TO YOU? FIRST OF ALL? YES. YES YOU ARE.

AND THAT'S THAT FIRST TIME I'VE NOTICED THAT.

OKAY, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DATA SETS THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM. AND SO THERE'S A QUESTION OF WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH AND THEN WHAT TYPE OF CRASH IT WAS.

SO IT. THE THE THE THE PIE CHART THERE IS TAKEN FROM THE SIGNAL FOR DATA OF WHAT IS ATTRIBUTED AS THE TYPE OF CRASH.

AND SO THIS IS BASED ON THE REPORTING OFFICER.

SO YEAH I'M NOTICING NOW THE WAY YOU BROUGHT THIS UP IS THAT THE REPORTING OFFICER MIGHT

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BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CORRELATE WITH THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPLES AND ORANGES OR IF IT'S APPLES AND APPLES. AND, AND I, AND I THINK IT'S IT'S PARTLY BASED ON THE REPORTING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN PAUL FLAVIEN PRESENTED ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT IF SOMEBODY'S ON A SCOOTER OR ON A GOLF CART OR WHATEVER IT IS, HOW DOES THAT GET ATTRIBUTED? AND THAT BECOMES A QUESTION OF HOW THE REPORTING OFFICER PUTS THAT IN.

THEY MIGHT CONSIDER A MOTORIZED SCOOTER, A PEDESTRIAN, THEY MIGHT CONSIDER IT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS TYPE OF CRASH TENDS TO BE THE REPORT FROM SIGNAL FOUR, WHEREAS THE TABLE UP ABOVE IS ACTUALLY THE NUMBER OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.

SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. YEAH.

SO HAVING SAID THAT I'M ASSUMING MOTORCYCLES, WHICH ARE FAR FEWER THAN BICYCLES IN THE GRID BELOW.

THEY ARE INCORPORATED IN WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN.

BICYCLE. MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHERS, THE ONES THAT BICYCLE ALONE, THAT 5% MAY JUST BE WITHIN THAT WITH SOMEBODY THAT HIT A CURB AND IT'S JUST A BIKE AND THE PERSON VERSUS. BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT HAS TO BE AN AUTO.

YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A CAR HITTING A BICYCLIST TOO. SO EVERY, EVERYTHING HERE INVOLVED A, AN AUTO AT SOME POINT.

OKAY. YEAH. SO, SO I THINK, YEAH, THAT WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES ALSO WITH THE WAY THAT THEY'RE REPORTED ON THE TYPE OF CRASH AND LET ME BUILD THAT UP A LITTLE.

I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THE ANSWER EXACTLY TO WHAT YOUR QUESTION, WHY THERE'S THAT DISCREPANCY THERE. BUT PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, AND WHEN IT SAYS ON THE OTHER THERE AND THERE'S THE ASTERISK, THESE CRASH WILL BE FURTHER ANALYZED DURING CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT.

SO ON ONE OF OUR CORRIDORS, THERE WERE 70 CASES.

WE NOW HAVE JUST THE NUMBER WITH THE TYPE OF CRASH THAT'S LISTED HERE.

BUT THE ANALYSIS THEN BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC, WILL BE TO LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE CRASH REPORTS AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THOSE.

SO IT LETS US GET TO A LITTLE DEEPER THAN JUST A BOX THAT SOMEBODY CHECKED, BUT TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT THE FACTORS WERE.

SO OVER THERE, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FACTORS LOOSE, I GUESS. YEAH. LOOSE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FACTORS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THERE. AND IF YOU CAN ONLY CHECK ONE BOX, OKAY, YOU CHECK ONE, BUT THE CRASH REPORT MIGHT GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION THAT'S HELPFUL THERE. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH MY NEXT QUESTION.

AM I STILL ON HERE? YEAH.

I WOULDN'T MIND ANYMORE. YOU'RE A PITCHER.

I'M SEEING A NOD NOW FROM.

HELLO. OKAY, GOOD. SO I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THAT THE BICYCLE STATISTICS OF 5% WERE NOT FURTHER BROKEN OUT.

KIND OF LIKE THE AUTO CRASHES WERE.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE CROSSING AGAINST A LIGHT IN, YOU KNOW, AT MIDNIGHT IN THE DARK AND SOMEONE WHO GETS YOU REAR ENDED BY A CAR.

AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF SAYING ALL BICYCLE ACCIDENTS ARE THE SAME.

AND THAT IS CLEARLY NOT TRUE.

SO I THINK, I MEAN, I, I, I MEAN, YOU'RE A BICYCLIST, SO I'M NOT IMPUGNING ANY EVIL INTENTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE MORE WAY OF BICYCLISTS BEING SIDELINED HERE.

AND THAT'S MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A NEEDING A RESPONSE.

BUT AND THEN MY THIRD QUESTION ON THE NEXT PAGE AT THE TOP RIGHT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO MODIFY HUMAN BEHAVIOR, AND NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ANTICIPATING MISTAKES AND LESSENING THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT. SO WE'RE SAYING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO THE WRONG THING.

BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING IN THE BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DO SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PHRASE DANGEROUS BY DESIGN, RIGHT? YEAH.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CROSS A RAILROAD TRACK AND THERE IS NOTHING.

THERE IS NOTHING MISTAKING ABOUT CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK.

IT'S THERE. YOU NEED TO CROSS IT.

NOW CROSSING IT AT THE WRONG PLACE.

THAT IS A HUMAN MISTAKE.

BUT CROSSING A RAILROAD TRACK IS NOT A HUMAN MISTAKE.

BUT WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT PLACE IN CONVENIENT PLACES.

SO I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE KIND OF SAYING WE WE'RE NO LONGER TRYING TO MODIFY HUMAN BEHAVIOR TO PREVENT CRASHES.

NOW WE'RE SAYING WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO STUPID THINGS.

SO WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING STUPID, LET'S MAKE IT LESS HARMFUL.

AND I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, LET'S MAKE IT SO WHAT THEY DO IS NOT A STUPID THING BECAUSE WE PROVIDE THEM THE WAY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

YES. SO EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY SAY ONE THING,

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AND THAT'S THE IDEA HERE THAT THERE'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

THERE'S A QUESTION NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE ROAD, BUT THE DRIVER AND THE SPEEDS AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS. THERE'S A QUESTION OF REDUNDANCY.

AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU COULD LET'S SAY I GO ACROSS THE STREET AND I PUSH THE BUTTON AND I WAIT FOR THE WHAT SIGNAL, WHICH IS FINE, BUT THEN THERE MIGHT BE THE LEFT TURN THAT'S GOING AT THE SAME TIME AS I'M GOING.

WELL, THERE MIGHT BE THEN A LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL THAT GIVES ME FIVE SECONDS MORE OF TIME TO START MOVING BEFORE THAT GOES FORWARD, YOU KNOW? SO THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS YOU CAN ADD MORE FEATURES TO THE SYSTEM. THE, THE RAILROAD CROSSING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, YOU CAN HAVE THE ARMS THAT COME DOWN TO KEEP THE CARS MOVING.

THEN THERE'S THE PET ARMS TO AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO REINFORCE THE SYSTEM.

AND THERE'S ALSO PROVIDING MORE THAN JUST ONE POINT AT WHICH TO CROSS.

RIGHT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK A MILE DOWN THE TRACKS TO REACH THE INTERSECTION.

RIGHT. MAYBE, MAYBE I THINK MAYBE I CAN SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING BY IN THE GREEN BOX ON THE RIGHT, IT SAYS INTEGRATE HUMAN FAILING.

MAYBE WE NEED TO INTEGRATE HUMAN BEHAVIOR, NOT HUMAN FAILING.

YEAH. THERE'S THERE'S A DIFFERENT CHART TO THAT I LIKE BETTER THAT DISCUSSES THIS.

THERE'S A SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH.

AND SO YEAH, BUT OVERALL, I LOVE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

HEY MICHAEL SMITH. HEY.

GLAD TO. GLAD YOU WENT INTO THIS COMPREHENSIVELY JUST QUESTION AND A COMMENT.

WHY WAS FATALITIES KSI WHY WERE THEY ELIMINATED OR EXCLUDED FROM THE 595 AND THE TURNPIKES AND SO FORTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO AND OF COURSE, INTERSTATE WHEN IT COMES TO INTERSECTION OF RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS TO THE, THE SURFACE STREETS. SO WE DID INCLUDE ALL THE ROADWAYS IN OUR INITIAL ANALYSIS.

SO IT'S ABOUT 300,000 CRASHES IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

WHEN WE REMOVE THE LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS, IT WAS ABOUT 5000 OF THOSE CRASHES.

ACCORDING TO OUR ANALYSIS, THE CSEA RATE ALSO UNLIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS IS ABOUT THE SAME AS IT IS ON THE LOCAL OR ON ON THE AT GRADE ROADWAY SYSTEM.

AS WE GO FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION, THERE'S BEEN A.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT CAN BE INVOLVED IN IN APPLYING DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES OR DIFFERENT APPROACHES.

AND SO THE LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF STANDARDS AND, AND RULES AND PROCEDURES COMPARED TO WHAT WE CAN DO ON SOME OF THE LOCAL ROADS.

SO WHERE THAT SPEED IS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT CAN BE CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE SEVERITY OF A CRASH. BUT THE SPEED ISSUES ON A LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAY ARE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE IN THE LOCAL ROADS.

THIS IS WHY THERE'S SO MUCH DETAIL WE CAN GET INTO.

BUT THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WITH UNLIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

YOU'RE GENERALLY ALL GOING THE SAME SPEED, WHEREAS ON YOUR LOCAL ROADWAY NETWORK YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY GOING FAST AND YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY GOING SLOW, AND YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY WITH A STROLLER AND A BICYCLE AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THAT SPEED DIFFERENTIAL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE THE SUM OF THE CRASHES THAT DO OCCUR. SO IT'S BEEN STANDARD PRACTICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO EXCLUDE LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS. AS YOU LOOK AT VISION ZERO PRACTICES.

OUR FRIENDS IN HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY THAT HAVE HAD ZERO FATALITIES AND SEVERE INJURIES ON THEIR ROADWAYS FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

IS IT THEY DON'T INCLUDE ALL THE ROADS THAT ARE IN THE CITY TOO.

THERE ARE CERTAIN ONES THAT THEY EXCLUDE. OH WELL, BUT IT'S BUT IT'S STILL A GOOD IT'S STILL A GOOD, YOU KNOW, STILL A GOOD STATISTIC.

I THINK I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CITIES ALSO IN BROWARD THAT DON'T HAVE ANY ON THEIR LOCAL ROADS. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PLUS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SUCCESS WHERE WE CAN GET IT TO, YOU KNOW, MILESTONES A STEP BY STEP GOING FORWARD.

BUT SO, SO PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THE LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT SET OF APPROACHES.

AND SO THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE LOCAL ROADWAYS AND THE ARTERIALS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT.

THANK YOU. JUST TO ADD TO THAT COMMENT ABOUT HOBOKEN TOO, THEY'RE PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL ROADS.

IT'S A ONE SQUARE MILE CITY AND THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE LOCAL ROADS.

SO THEREFORE THEY CAN CALL THE SHOTS ON THOSE.

SIMILARLY, IN JERSEY CITY THEY HAVE THE SAME SITUATION.

THE FOCUS ON THEIR LOCAL ROADS EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, SAME THING. AND THESE ARE ALL CITIES THAT HAVE MAYBE NOT THE SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW OF HOBOKEN HAS ZERO FATALITIES, BUT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED IT AT SOME POINT.

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AND SO THEY'RE JUST DEALING WITH THE COUNTY AND THE LOCAL ROADS. AND, BUT WE, WE FIGURED WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE STATE FACILITIES IN BROWARD BECAUSE OVER HALF OF THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK ROADWAYS ARE ON STATE FACILITIES.

SO SO THERE'S DIFFERENT APPROACHES.

YEAH. OKAY. AND BOB SHANKWEILER NEXT.

THANK YOU. AM I ON? AND YOU MAY NEED TO USE MR. GOLDSTEIN'S MIC AGAIN.

SO IF THE CONTROL ROOM.

GOLDSTEIN. MR.. GOLDSTEIN.

TRY THAT. YOU SHOULD BE OKAY.

YES. ON, ON. WELL, LIKE IF YOU'RE ON STATE ROAD SEVEN, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL THERE ARE SECTIONS WHERE IT DROPS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

NOBODY SLOWS DOWN OR VERY FEW PEOPLE DO.

LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. THEY DON'T EVEN NOTICE THAT IT DROPS.

ATLANTIC BOULEVARD DROPS MOSTLY IN MARGATE.

IT DROPS TO 35. AND WHEN IT'S 45, ALL THE WAY EXCEPT THROUGH THERE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT OR DON'T CARE.

IS THAT SO? THEY CAN HAVE SPEED TRAPS AND GIVE YOU TICKETS? I DON'T YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT.

AND THERE'S A VALUE TO SPEED TRAPS IN TERMS OF SAFETY. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT MARGATE IS ONE. SO ANYWAY SO WE'LL PULL THAT PART OF IT THROUGH MARGATE.

PART OF THAT IS OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NO, THE PART THAT'S IN MARGATE ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD DOES DROP TO 35.

YEAH. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT SPEEDS AND REDUCING SPEEDS, THERE ARE THREE FACTORS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

SO THERE'S THE POSTED SPEED.

SO YOU COULD PUT A 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON STATE ROAD SEVEN.

AND IF NOBODY GOES 20 WHAT GOOD IS IT.

AND THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY THERE'S ALSO THE DESIGN SPEED.

SO THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS BESIDES JUST THE SIGN THAT CAN INFLUENCE HOW FAST OR SLOWLY YOU MOVE ON THAT ROADWAY.

SO IT MAY BE A LANE ELIMINATION OR IT MAY BE NARROWING OF THE LANES, OR IT MAY BE TREES OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT TELL YOU, HEY, I NEED TO MOVE MORE SLOWLY HERE.

AND I'M GUILTY OF IT TOO. I KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN ROADWAYS WHERE I FEEL I GOT TO GO A LITTLE MORE SLOW AND THEN IT WIDENS.

OKAY, I CAN MOVE MORE FREELY.

SO. SO IT'S A DESIGN SPEED ISSUE.

SO THERE'S A POSTED SPEED DESIGN SPEED AND THEN YOUR ACTUAL SPEED.

AND THAT THEN IS UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE'S THE SPEEDS THAT THEY ARE REALLY MOVING. WE'VE BEEN DEBATING THIS IDEA OF WHAT IS OUR GOAL IS OUR GOAL TO HAVE PEOPLE GO THE SPEED LIMIT OR BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT.

WELL THEN LET'S MAKE EVERYTHING 55 MILES PER SPEED LIMIT, YOU KNOW, AND CERTAIN ROADS, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GO 55.

SO WE'D BE GOING LOWER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT.

BUT ARE WE REALLY ACHIEVING OUR GOAL. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE THREE BEING A HOLISTIC VIEW OF, OF HOW IT IS THAT WE WANT TO HELP REDUCE THE SPEED.

CERTAIN ROADS ARE BUILT FOR SPEED. SO AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, THE LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS. BUT THERE'S A QUESTION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.

IS THAT APPROPRIATE? SOMEBODY COULD BE GOING 45, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT QUESTION OF WELL, ALSO PINE ISLAND FROM 84 UP TO BROWARD IS 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IS IT? OKAY. THEN IT GOES TO THEN IT GOES TO 45.

THERE AREN'T MANY CARS THAT WILL TRAVEL 30 MILES AN HOUR ALONG THAT ALONG THAT ROAD.

AND WHAT IS THE ROAD? TELL YOU HOW FAST YOU CAN GO? PROBABLY TO GO. THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE THAN THE DESIGN.

IT'S THE SAME WITH LANES.

YEAH. BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT.

SO IT'S THE SAME WIDTH OF DESIGN AS IT IS WHEN THE 45 MILE PER HOUR SECTION.

RIGHT. BUT IT'S JUST THE SIGN TELLING YOU TO GO AND, AND YOU HAVE IT TO, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF A MAJOR HIGHWAY.

YES. YEAH, YEAH. I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT SECTION TOO.

AND WAS IT TURNED, IT WAS BLIND BECAUSE THE MEDIANS BLOCKING THE INTERSECTION WITH HEATERS. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WITH COMMENTS? OKAY, GOOD. YOUR MIKE'S NOT ON I DON'T KNOW.

OH TRY THAT. OKAY. I'VE GOT FOUR HOPEFULLY QUICK HE'S.

ONE IS WHAT IS MICRO? MY MOBILITY, MICRO MOBILITY.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS.

BUT AND PETER, YOU CAN HELP GUIDE ME ON THIS TOO.

SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MICRO MOBILITY, SOME PEOPLE REFER TO THAT AS SOME OF THE LITTLE SCOOTERS THAT YOU CAN GET ON.

OR IT CAN BE THE ON CALL SERVICE OF THE LITTLE ELECTRONIC ELECTRIC GAS GOLF CART THAT COMES AND PICKS YOU UP AND TAKES YOU SOMEWHERE. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE TYPICAL TRANSIT VEHICLE THAT'S JUST GAS POWERED OR ELECTRIC OR CARS OR WHATEVER.

IT'S THESE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE MODES.

AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THEY'RE NOT AS PREVALENT AND THEY HAVEN'T MOVED INTO SOME BEING SOME OF THE MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT THEY'RE COUNTING.

OKAY. NUMBER TWO WHAT ARE EQUITY AREAS?

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I WANT TO GO BACK A SECOND REAL QUICK, IF I COULD.

SO AS WE LOOK AT. LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

WE DID A STUDY A FEW YEARS AGO ON PINES BOULEVARD, HOLLYWOOD PINES, AND OUR INITIAL ANALYSIS LOOKED AT THE EQUITY SCORES AND IT HIT ALL THE DIFFERENT TRIGGERS, BUT THAT DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING.

IF IT'S IF IT'S ALL AN EQUITY AREA, THEN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THIS THIS INFORMATION HERE, AND I DON'T HAVE IT ON THE ON THE CHART, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT FACTORS.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND SAY, HEY, OUT WEST ON PINES THERE IS THE CENTURY VILLAGE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF SENIORS THAT ARE DRIVING OUT THERE. AND ANOTHER PART OF THE CORRIDOR, THERE WAS MAYBE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.

ANOTHER ONE MIGHT BE A LOW INCOME AREA AND IT MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN.

AND SO THE THE EQUITY SCORING HERE JUST INDICATES, HEY, THEY ARE HITTING A FACTOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION.

OKAY. THREE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED.

BUT YOU SAID CRASHES VERSUS ACCIDENTS.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY CRASHES, NOT ACCIDENTS.

THAT HAS TO DO WITH WE'D APPRECIATE. YEAH. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OR WHAT WAS THE INTENT? OKAY. YEAH. AND I CAN GO A LITTLE MORE ON IT.

THIS, THIS, THIS IDEA THAT YOU KNOW, OH, NO ONE'S TO BLAME.

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT.

WELL, AND IT COMES BACK AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

YEAH. SOMEBODY MADE A DECISION TO TAKE THIS ACTION AND, AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A POOR ROADWAY DESIGN ISSUE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THERE'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT, THAT HAPPEN THAT CAUSE THE CRASH.

IT'S NOT JUST OOPS, IT'S JUST RANDOM FORCES OF NATURE THAT HAVE CAUSED IT.

AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE HAS TO DO WITH MEASURING DEATHS AND INJURIES.

YOU, YOU HAD A WHAT'S THAT? DDI OR R I WAS THAT. CASEY.

OKAY. CASEY. YEAH. NOW, YOU SAID RATE NOW SHOULD RATE BE BASED ON A MILES DRIVEN OR LANE MILES, OR JUST THE LENGTH OF A CORRIDOR.

DOES IT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

SO GOING BACK HISTORICALLY GENERALLY THROUGH THE YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 40,000 PLUS OR MINUS PEOPLE KILLED PER YEAR IN CARS AND CAR WRECKS, CAR CRASHES. I ALMOST SAID ACCIDENTS.

OKAY. AND YOU GO BACK INTO THE 50S OR 60S AND RALPH NADER'S WHAT WAS HIS BOOK CALLED? DANGEROUS BY DESIGN? NO.

UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED. UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED.

SO IS THE CARS THEMSELVES.

IF THERE WAS A CRASH, THE CAR WOULD JUST AS MUCH KILL YOU BECAUSE YOU GET THE STEERING WHEEL OR THE OR THE WINDSHIELD.

YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS, ALL THESE HARD EDGES. SO THE CARS HAVE BECOME SAFER IN THAT REGARD. THERE'S SEATBELTS, THERE'S AIRBAGS.

THERE ARE THINGS ON THE CARS ITSELF, LIKE REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS VOLVO THAT USED TO HAVE THAT LITTLE BOX. AND NOW A LOT OF CARS ARE REALLY GOOD IN TERMS OF KEEPING YOU SAFE.

AND YET, OKAY, THERE'S THAT FACTOR.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE ARE DRIVING MORE.

SO THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF MILES THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING HAS PROBABLY INCREASED THREE FOLD IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 40 OR 50 YEARS.

BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING 40,000 PEOPLE A YEAR DYING MORE OR LESS IN THE CAR CRASHES.

AND SO, SO YOUR QUESTION OF HOW YOU MEASURE THE RATE, IS IT BY VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED? OH, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEERS CAN SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING A LOT BETTER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING A LOT MORE AND THEY'RE STILL AND WE'RE NOT HAVING AS MANY DEATHS PER 100,000 MILES DRIVEN, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING THE SAME NUMBER OF DEATHS OVERALL.

SO SO IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW YOU WANT TO DO THESE MEASUREMENTS.

YOU KNOW, ARE WE REALLY BEING EFFECTIVE AT MAKING OUR ROADS SAFER? WE'RE MAKING PEOPLE WITHIN THE CARS MAYBE SAFE, BUT YEAH, WE'RE STILL HAVING THESE, THIS, THIS ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF CRASHES.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN ANALYZE THE DATA AND PULL OUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU WANT, BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A RELATIVE MEASURE, BECAUSE WHEN WE TRY TO PUT RESOURCES INTO HELPING YOU, WE WANT TO GO WITH THE, I HATE TO SAY THE EASIEST TARGETS, BUT THE SITUATIONS THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, RIDICULOUS.

YEAH. YEAH. AND SO THERE'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LOW HANGING FRUIT BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE ARE ISSUES THERE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NUMBER. SO THERE'S A SECTION OF STATE ROAD SEVEN BETWEEN SUNRISE AND DAVIE.

AND I THINK THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES WAS OVER 70 IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

WHAT'S GOING ON. LET'S LOOK AT THE DATA. WELL THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT ARE JUST THAT ARE MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES, CARS CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER.

BUT THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER THAT ARE PEDESTRIAN AND SOME THAT ARE BICYCLE. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THAT AND THEN FIGURE OUT APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW WHO'S HERE FROM PLANTATION MAX IS, I KNOW, BUT JUST A LITTLE WEST OF STATE

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THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A HIGH NUMBER OF CASES ON THESE LOCAL ROADS.

SO IT'S NOT ONE ROAD, BUT IT'S IN THAT AREA.

WELL WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME ANALYSIS.

HEY MAYBE FIFTH STREET BECOMES A A CUT THROUGH ROUTE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO STAY ON STATE ROAD SEVEN. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING DOWN 46, BUT IT'S A TWO LANE ROAD, MAYBE 30 OR 35, BUT THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF OF DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

SO WE'RE EXAMINING THAT.

SO YEAH, WE DO WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE IN YOU KNOW, DEVOTING OUR RESOURCES TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE GREATEST RISKS ARE AND THEN MAYBE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS WE CAN APPLY IN OTHER PLACES.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. AND SO AS I'M GOING TO GO CATCH THE TRAIN, ONE OF THE POSTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA IS TRANSIT IS THE SAFEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

ONCE YOU'RE ON THE TRAIN OR THE BUS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF CRASHES AND DEATH IS VERY LOW.

BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT ONCE YOU GET OFF, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, PED AND BIKE CONNECTIVITY THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. SO IT'S PART OF THE WELCH MOVING. SO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MICHAEL SMITH, YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.

DON'T GO AWAY. JUST JUST A COMMENT.

THE CASE FATALITY RATE MAP THAT YOU SHOWED APPEARS TO GIVE A STRONG CASE FOR ESPECIALLY EAST WEST ELEVATED LIGHT RAIL.

WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEND THAT TO BCT.

AND ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN HELPFUL. THE QUESTIONS YOU WERE ASKING BEFORE ABOUT BUS STOPS AND SUCH, WE HAVE MET WITH BCT.

AND THERE'S ALSO A QUESTION NOT ONLY OF THE DESIGN OF THE BUS STOP, BUT WHERE IT'S LOCATED. IF THEY'RE MID-BLOCK LOCATIONS AND PEOPLE GET OFF AND IT'S INVITING TO JUST CROSS WHERE YOU ARE VERSUS IF IT'S CLOSER TO THE INTERSECTION.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. THANK YOU JAMES.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE MEMBER COMMENTS FOR ISSUES THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW MEMBERS AMONG US HERE.

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I REFER TO THAT EVERY NOW AND THEN TOO.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THEM.

IT'S LIKE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT REGISTERING FOR THE ROUTE TO 2050 EVENT.

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AND SAME THING FOR THE THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM WORKSHOP TOO.

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SO I'D SUGGEST EVERYBODY CAN GO FOR THOSE IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN MAKE IT.

ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. SO THE NEXT ONE WILL BE OCTOBER 23RD.

THE AGENDA SAYS WE HAVE A MEETING.

IT'S WRONG. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD.

CLEARED THAT RIGHT UP. YES. WE HAVE CANCELED THE SEPTEMBER MEETING DUE TO A LIGHT AGENDA.

WHAT A SHAME. WE'VE CANCELED THE SEPTEMBER MEETING DUE TO A LIGHT AGENDA.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST DEVELOPED THIS WEEK. SO SORRY WE MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO IT BEFORE THIS IS PUBLISHED.

IT'S BEEN LIKE PEOPLE SINGING SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER. OKAY.

AND ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE MAY I HAVE A MOTION SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING? OKAY, WE GOT HIM. VOTE.

TAKE CARE. MAN. IF YOU SAY NO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORDS.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE BACK. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, MR. PETER.

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